linking Alphabet Smartpanel to SmartBrowser

[Super0072]

Hi,

i have a question. I want to make a browser (customer-list), but it got to be filtered with the alphabet-panel. So if I click in the panel on "A", only the customers who's name starts with A will appear.
There have to be a way to do that. Most of the work is done with the User Interface Builder. I know the browser has to be re-configured, anyway, but how?
I am using version 8.3A.
Sorry i am asking, but if someone knows the answer, could you answer quickly? I have a progress-test in 2 days.
Tnx anyway.
Cya!

 

[mpowell]

I'll try and be of some help. I normally use a combo-box with the alphabet in, much smaller than the smart panel.
What I do is on the change of comb-box value, or what ever in the smartpanel run a procedure in the smartbrowse or set attribute or whatever to get into the smart browse, if your not using a smart browse then just run a procedure in the main window and input a var with the character you want. Then do
OPEN QUERY h_browse-name
FOR EACH CUSTOMER WHERE custname BEGINS var NO-LOCK
BY CUSTOMER.
Might not be exactly right, trying to think of it from the top of my head, but that is the theory of it anyway.

Hope this helps,
Regards