Formatted Search and UDF

Hi all,
I have an issue with a formatted search.
My intention is to update the field RDR1.vatgroup with a value set in a UDF on the sales order.
I have not been able to make it work, and If someone have a quick help idea it would be nice.
I have defined a userdefined field called u_avgcode. This is linked to some valied values for field like U1,U2,U3. The structure is 1=U1 and 2=U2 and so on.
When I change a value here I would like to update the whole salesorder (all lines) with this value replacing the Tax code (RDR1.Vatgroup).
The formatted search is like this on the RDR1.vatgroup:
if (Select $[$ORDR.U_avgcode]) = 'U1'
begin
declare @newcode as nvarchar(25)
set @newcode = U1
select @newcode
end
I have set 'Auto refresh' when the UDF field changes.
I can't make this work properly, any ideas..
I have also tried if (Select $[ORDR.U_avgcode]) = 'U1' with no luck.
regards
me

Thanx for input Juha.
I have made a solve to the problem, and it works fine now.
My FS is like:
declare @newtaxcode as nvarchar(2)
if (Select $[ORDR.U_avgkode]) = 'U0'
begin
set @newtaxcode = 'U0'
select @newtaxcode
end
I set this FS on my taxcode, and refered to my UDF when it changed. Works fine, but the screen is a bit flashy and "slow" when updating 50 order lines in a sales order.
I am now able to update many lines in a matrix with a single select from a UDF.
Thanx to Ibai too, for helping me on track.
One issue that also was a key element is to refer to the defined values for the UDF.
I had set like this:
code description
1 U0
2 U1
3 U2
I changed this too
code description
U0 U0
U1 U1
U2 U2
regards
me

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