OpenEuphoria

Re: RichEdit and findText

• Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Nov 16, 2004
• 443 views

CoJaBo wrote:
> 
> Derek Parnell wrote:
> > 
> > Pete wrote:
> > > 
> > >  Its late so I hope someone can supply the answer to my stupid question 
> > > while I sleep!!
> > >   I have a RichEdit in which I'm doing a findText. The findText works 
> > > fine when searching for a single character, but fails to find it if I am
> > > searching for more than one character..
> > > 
> > > i.e in the RichEdit I have "7028"
> > > 
> > > This works fine:-
> > >   fnd = findText ( RE, "7", {0,-1}, findDown)
> > > so does this
> > >   fnd = findText ( RE, "0", {0,-1}, findDown)
> > > but..
> > >   fnd = findText ( RE, "7028", {0,-1}, findDown)
> > > returns 0
> > >  Adding the findWholeWord flag also makes no difference..
> > > 
> > > I'm sure I'm doing something wrong but I can't see what.. Help!
> > 
> > I think I know the problem. Find the 'findText()' function in
> > the win32lib library and replace ...
> > 
> >     FT = struct_FINDTEXTEX( range[1], range[2], text, 0, 0 )
> > 
> > with ...
> > 
> >     FT = struct_FINDTEXTEX( range[1], range[2], text, 0, -1 )
> > 
> Will this be fixed in the next version?

Don't know. Did this *actually* fix the problem? If so, 
I can put it in, so I'll wait for confirmation. If I get
time today I'll test it myself but I'm a bit busy right now.

> (also, when do you think the next version
> will be ready?)

I've tentatively pencilled in 30-Nov for the next release. It may
happen earlier, as all I've got to complete is a tiny bit of
documentation and a full regression test (plus this fix if it works).

Actually I've started the testing but I managed to get Judith's IDE
to trip over. 

-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia