pcsoft.us.windevCopyright 2026, PC SOFT25 Jun 2015 11:25:00 Z25 Jun 2015 10:05:00 ZHi, for searching articles or contacts the user has to enter a value in a textbox. If the length of the value is greater than 3 letters the search starts. The code for searching is executed in the 'whenever modifying' procedure of the textbox. This is suboptimal. The better way would be not to execute the search code in 'whenever modifying' while the user is typing but when he stopped entering letters. If he didnt enter letters for a second the search code should be executed. How can i do this? Can you give me a hint? Greetings Markus30WEBDEVen_UShttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/52891-search-after-short-delay/read.awpmoderateur@pcsoft.fr (El moderador)webmaster@pcsoft.fr (El webmaster)guestpcsoft.us.windevhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/52891-search-after-short-delay-52893/read.awp25 Jun 2015 11:25:00 ZHi One trick is to define a global/ in the window variable, say lastpressed Then a timer procedure Whenever modifying ...…https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/52891-search-after-short-delay-52893/read.awphttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/52891-search-after-short-delay-52893/read.awp[WD] Search after a short delay