WebElments, Add "search" help to populate WETextBox

Question

Hey Jaime -
Continuation from thread: [WebElements, pass multiple variables through WETargetPath function|WebElements, pass multiple variables through WETargetPath function;
1st report just holds webelements formulas in a selection screen .rpt file ...
WETextBox ("[!V000001]", "", 50, 150, "", "empty", "Enter Fiscal Year")
WETextBox ... V000002 
WETextBox ... V000003
WETextBox ... V000004
WETextBox ... V000005
WETextBox ... V000006
Question:
I need another button to the right of the WETextBox that allows the users to choose fields from a hierarchy, and then I need to transfer that value into WETextBox (MUCH like standard prompt screen). The reason is, most users don't know that "1007" is their profit center number, but the hierarchy in BW shows descriptions (basically trying to recreate what they have on portal now, this is a problem in BOBJ now).
Users then click the web element submit button, and the search help values are passed to the receiving report:
stringvar path:= WETargetPath ("rpt", "Name", "Profit Statement", "");
WESubmitButton ("Submit", path, "");
Then Builder function, debug set '2':
stringvar allelements:= {@[!V000001]}+{@[!V000002]}+{@[!V000003]}+{@[!V000004]}+{@[!V000005]}+{@[!V000006]}+{@submit};
WEBuilder (allelements, 2)
Hope this makes sense, I know I'm throwing a ton of questions out there!
-mb

Answer 1

hello Matt,
there isn't any search or validation built into the text controls.
i would recommend switching up the control to use the combo select & text controls instead. please publish all of the reports in the webelements download to your enterprise system for examples on all of the controls. the combo text & select control is in the webElementsNewFunctions220_245 report.
cheers,
jamie