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Resolved Find columns in my app that are set to enable autocomplete

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  1. Tracy Lamb
    Tracy Lamb
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  3. Monday, 22 April 2024 13:25 PM UTC

Hi all,

I changed a lot of my drop-down lists to autocomplete style before I realized the implications of setting the column to allow edits.  Is there a way in PB to find all columns set for autocomplete (autocomplete not equal to 0)?  Or maybe all of the datawindows with drop-down-datawindow columns?  Using PB 2022 R3.

TIA,

Tracy

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Tracy Lamb
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  1. Wednesday, 24 April 2024 12:10 PM UTC
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So I exported one of the datawindows as suggested by Roland.  Now, I can search the entire app for one of the following:

autocompletemode=suggest 

autocompletemode=append 

autocompletemode=suggestappend 

autocompletemode=none 

I didn't realize the implications of using autocomplete... allow edits also has to be enabled.  The dddw's are not simple lists; they are "lookup" tables with a description field (visible) and an id field (invisible) that is saved to the database.

Thank you Roland and John!

~~~Tracy

 Edited: Took out the spaces before and after the = sign. 

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Roland Smith
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  1. Monday, 22 April 2024 14:35 PM UTC
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Export one of them, then change the setting and export to a different named file. Do a file compare to see what changed. Once you have figured out what the property looks like in the source, you should be able to do a search for it.

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John Fauss
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  1. Tuesday, 23 April 2024 01:49 AM UTC
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Hi, Tracy - 

According to the DataWindow Reference publication, I believe you can search for the DDDW.property named "autocompletemode":

    https://docs.appeon.com/pb2022r3/datawindow_reference/XREF_54577_dddw_property.html

Best regards, John

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