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[threeputter2]

Hi...I am new, brand new to Revolution. I am importing 10000 hypercard cards into revolution...I am ok until I try to write code for searching for a name on one of the cards...I need all the help I can get. Please assume I know nothing. Thanks.

[bjb007]

threeputter2

I think you'll get this kind of enqiry answered
better in the use-revolution list.

http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution

or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to

use-revolution-request@lists.runrev.com[/url]

There's recently been a lot of discussion on this
very subject.

It's all archived

http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/

You can search using

http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q ... runrev.com

Hope this helps.

[threeputter2]

I don't get it...Should be a simple answer...i don't read it in the suggested reading material.

[gyroscope]

Hi threeputter2, from the limited info you've given (and my limited experience with RR), my guess would be that you have to put all text from fields which contain the info you wish to search for, before you can begin to sort/search. It sounds like a lot of work but I can't see any other way round it...i.e

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put the text of field "SuchandSuch" of card 1 -- of stack "XYZ" --- into field "Collector"
put the text of field "SuchandSuch" of card 2 -- of stack "XYZ" --- after field "Collector"
---etc, all the way up to card 1000 (grief, what a job!) 

Then you can sort and or search easily once this is done.

Hope this is good advice and its some sort of springboard to get you started...

[threeputter2]

It is 10,000 cards...

[BvG]

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on mouseUp
find "name here" 
if the result = "not found" then
  answer "name here was not found"
end if
end mouseUp

[threeputter2]

now I am close...but i get this

Type Handler: error in command
Object FIND
Line on mouseUp
Hint on