How to programmatically select list item from value of a custom property

[xyz]

I have saved a value in a custom property of a card (cpOwner). In a list on the card (lstOwner), I want to select the item in the list that matches the data in the custom property. How do I do that?

All of these efforts have failed with an error:

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   on preOpenCard
   	get the cpOwner of this card
   	--set the hilited of field "lstOwner" to it
   	--select it in field "lstOwner"
  	--select the cpOwner of field "lstOwner"
  end preOpenCard

BTW, I commented out the failed efforts in my code. That's why they are commented out here.

Thanks in advance.

[mwieder]

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set the hilitedLine of field "lstOwner" to it

[xyz]

Thanks for the reply.

Unfortunately hilitedLine returns (or sets) an item in a list using the line number. My custom property is a string. I want to match the string in the list with the string in my custom property. I was not at all clear on that in my first post. Sorry.

[mwieder]

Probably the lineOffset function is going to give you the best results.
That will give you a line number which you can then plug into the hilitedLine command.

[xyz]

That did it.

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   get the cpOwner of me
   put it into theOwner
   set the hilitedLine of field "lstOwner" to lineOffset(theOwner,field "lstOwner")

Many thanks!!

[mwieder]

Yay!
If you want to get really fancy you could even shorten that to a single line

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set the hilitedLine of field "lstOwner" to lineOffset(the cpOwner of me,field "lstOwner")

[Klaus]

Hi xyz,

welcome to the forum!

Here some great learning resources for the basics of LC, maybe start with "Controls"
http://www.hyperactivesw.com/revscriptc ... ences.html


Best

Klaus

[xyz]

Cool "compression" to a single line!!

Thanks for the welcome, Klaus. I'll check out the link.

[Klaus]

Here another "compression":

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...
## get the cpOwner of me
## put it into theOwner
put the cpOwner of me into theOwner
...

No need to use GET and IT here first!