ComboBox.FindItem

number ComboBox.FindItem (

Example 1

-- Add four new items to the "SelectDropdown" combobox object.
ComboBox.AddItem("SelectDropdown", "Item One", "C:\\One.txt");
ComboBox.AddItem("SelectDropdown", "Item Two", "C:\\Two.txt");
ComboBox.AddItem("SelectDropdown", "Item OneThree", "C:\\OneThree.txt");
ComboBox.AddItem("SelectDropdown", "Item Four", "C:\\Four.txt");

-- Search all items for any item text containing the text "One" and return its index.
search_result = ComboBox.FindItem("SelectDropdown", -1, LB_BYTEXT, "*One*");

-- Check to see if any items were found.
if (search_result ~= -1) then
   -- Display its index in a dialog.
   Dialog.Message("First Item Found", "The first item found was at index "..search_result, MB_OK, MB_ICONINFORMATION, MB_DEFBUTTON1);

   -- Search for the next item that contains the text "One".
   search_result = ComboBox.FindItem("SelectDropdown", search_result, LB_BYTEXT, "*One*");

   -- If another item was found, display a dialog message.
   if (search_result ~= -1) then
       -- Display its index in a dialog.
       Dialog.Message("Second Item Found", "The first item found was at index "..search_result, MB_OK, MB_ICONINFORMATION, MB_DEFBUTTON1);
   end

-- If no items were found, notify the user.
else
   Dialog.Message("None Found", "There were no items found fitting the search criteria.", MB_OK, MB_ICONINFORMATION, MB_DEFBUTTON1);
end

-- Search all items for the first item whose item data is "C:\OneThree.txt".
search_result = ComboBox.FindItem("SelectDropdown", -1, LB_BYDATA, "C:\\OneThree.txt");

-- If an item was found, display its index. If it wasn't, inform the user.
if (search_result ~= -1) then
   Dialog.Message("First Item Data Found", "The first item data found was at index "..search_result, MB_OK, MB_ICONINFORMATION, MB_DEFBUTTON1);
else
   Dialog.Message("None Found", "There waw no item data found fitting the search criteria.", MB_OK, MB_ICONINFORMATION, MB_DEFBUTTON1);
end

Searches combobox "SelectDropdown" for various items and processes the results.