[FX.php List] Search as you type

[Head Honcho]

I've used jQuery typewatch to do a similar thing to autocomplete.

It does a query to the database 500ms after typing has stopped, which then can be used.

Hope this helps, somewhat.

Regards

Michael Ward
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On 12/10/2010, at 12:56 PM, Leo R. Lundgren wrote:

> I haven't done this with FileMaker specifically, but in general/with other code.
> 
> You could have a look at http://jqueryui.com/demos/autocomplete/ which is a jQuery widget that will give you autocomplete. You set it up on the page, and then provide a lookup method on the server side, that this widget then calls. Your lookup method could simply query the FM database for you to return the relevant data for the widget.
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> 12 okt 2010 kl. 03.53 skrev Stephe Pocock:
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>> Hi all
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>> Has anyone successfully managed to get a search as you type system working with Filemaker via the web?
>> 
>> I have a contacts database that we would like to be able to search via a spotlight type search.  We have this working within filemaker using script triggers, but this does not work via IWP and I was hoping to set something up with PHP and Ajax (I guess).
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>> Has anyone done this?   Are you willing to share the code or point me in the right directions?
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>> Thanks in adavance
>> 
>> Stephe
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