Testing - Search Capabilities

[John Fletcher]

Hello All,

I am just about through testing the AMS Software and about to make the big plung and Buy! :) I would like to know however, Is it possible to create a Search peramiter (Like a Keyword Search Function) that when a user needs to look up a specific subject or page within the AMS

IE:
There are 43 manufacturers for cars and there are 10 makes per manufacturer and the user wants to look up all data within the AMS production for lets say "GEO" - can a search button be created and thus the results be generated - if so, How is this done and are there any examples of this feature..... Wow that was a mouth full!

Best Regards,

John Fletcher

[usernameCasper]

Hey John,

I want to refer you to this link: http://www.indigorose.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20959

Kind regards,
-Casper

[John Fletcher]

Casper,

Thanks for your reply... I checked out your suggection... I am sorry in advance - I am failing to see how this can function as a search tool... the main purpose of the request is so that a user can type a subject matter and search for other Auto Play developments... IE:

Let's say that I have (5) AMS developments on the hard drive and I call them (1-5) - I am trying to create a search AMS development so that a user can do a search for an AMS development on the hard drive without using the Windows search features .... so lets say I want to look at AMS development 3... It would be cool to lauch a Search AMS development and type the word that I am interested in - (3) and it would show me the AMS development and I would be able to select the AMS development and would launch that AMS file by clicking it

Ids this possible? To create a search AMS development

I appologize if I messed up the origional request!

Best Regards,

John

[usernameCasper]

Hey John,

No problem, my fault, I wasn't that sure what you had in mind.
Yes, it's possible.

My ideas regarding to this:
1) Search certain folder(s) for *.am6-files or *.apz-files and store value in a table
2) Get the table into a listbox for example
3) When you select item in the listbox, it asks the user to open the project

Is this what you have in mind?

Hope this helps,
Casper

[John Fletcher]

Casper,

A pre-determined list - sounds interesting... this may work... are there any examples of this function?

Or is there a way that a user can type the word they are looking for like a search engine and the information be presented?

The first still sounds good however!



Best Regads,

John

[TJ_Tigger]

You could use an XML file that contains a list of key words and a link to the related project. Then you could search the XML file and provide a list back to the user which project(s) match their search and allow them to launch that project. Or if XML is not your cup of tea then maybe SQL or even text files.

Tigg