Saving a find (search)

[jonesc]

Hi all,

I wanted to save a simple search to enable this check to be run easily on assemblies as there is no icon that comes up in the tree to indicate this fault

The result of saving this search is the creation of a new layer?????

How does this help me??

Is this how the function is supposed to work?

I would be better off using a mapkey judging by this....but am I missing something?

W4 M133



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[dgschaefer]

The 'save' function does create a layer. It helps in that by looking at
that layer, you can see at that time what items match your search
criteria. It should update in real time so there is no need to return
to the search dialog. (It's a very handy way of creating rule driven
layers too, BTW).



Creating a mapkey would be harder as the search dialog 'remembers' your
last search settings, which could mess with how your mapkey runs. You'd
need another 'reset' mapkey to return the search tool to its 'default'
state.



I use just such a mapkey in creating my rule driven layers, here it is:



mapkey la-rf @MAPKEY_NAMEReset Find;@MAPKEY_LABELReset Find;\

mapkey(continued) ~ Activate `main_dlg_cur`
`ProCmdMdlTreeSearch.edit_t`;\

mapkey(continued) ~ Update `selspecdlg0` `SelOptionRadio` `Feature`;\

mapkey(continued) ~ Activate `selspecdlg0` `SelOptionRadio`;\

mapkey(continued) ~ Update `selspecdlg0` `LookByOptionMenu` `Feature`;\

mapkey(continued) ~ Activate `selspecdlg0` `LookByOptionMenu`;\

mapkey(continued) ~ Select `selspecdlg0` `RuleTab` 1 `Attributes`;\

mapkey(continued) ~ Select `selspecdlg0` `RuleTypes` 1 `Name`~ Select
`selspecdlg0` \

mapkey(continued) `CascadeButton1`;~ Close `selspecdlg0`
`CascadeButton1`;\

mapkey(continued) ~ Activate `selspecdlg0` `CondBuilderCheck`1;



Doug Schaefer