From 43b63e2843dd4c63ebcc3d4ee54a073d317f3245 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Larsen <plarsen@volian.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:51:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] B2026-053-Find-Unlinked-Values-of-Selected

---
 .../Volian.Controls.Library/DisplaySearch.cs  | 78 +++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplaySearch.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplaySearch.cs
index d96e172b..84b73d4d 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplaySearch.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplaySearch.cs
@@ -2028,10 +2028,8 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 
 						SearchString = TextSearchString;
 
-						Dictionary<string, string> rtnByWord = GetByWordSettings(TextSearchString);
-
 						// B2022-031 - added a cbxProcSectSrch to filter out procedure and section titles from global search results.
-						SearchResults = ItemInfoList.GetListFromTextSearch(DVISearchList, TypeSearchList, TextSearchString /*.Replace(@"\",@"\u9586?")*/, cbxBooleanTxtSrch.Checked ? 2 : cbxCaseSensitive.Checked ? 1 : 0, cbxProcSectSrch.Checked ? 1 : 0, cbxIncROTextSrch.Checked ? ItemSearchIncludeLinks.Value : ItemSearchIncludeLinks.Nothing, includeRTFformat, includeSpecialChars, unitPrefix, rtnByWord["byWordPrefix"], rtnByWord["byWordSuffix"]);
+						SearchResults = ItemInfoList.GetListFromTextSearch(DVISearchList, TypeSearchList, TextSearchString /*.Replace(@"\",@"\u9586?")*/, cbxBooleanTxtSrch.Checked ? 2 : cbxCaseSensitive.Checked ? 1 : 0, cbxProcSectSrch.Checked ? 1 : 0, cbxIncROTextSrch.Checked ? ItemSearchIncludeLinks.Value : ItemSearchIncludeLinks.Nothing, includeRTFformat, includeSpecialChars, unitPrefix, GetByWordSettings(TextSearchString, true), GetByWordSettings(TextSearchString, false));
 
 						cmbResultsStyleIndex = 3;  // display step text in results
 												   //}
@@ -2065,9 +2063,7 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 					if (cbxFndUnLnkROVals.Enabled && cbxFndUnLnkROVals.Checked)
 					{
 
-						Dictionary<string, string> rtnByWord = GetByWordSettings(ROSearchList);
-
-						SearchResults = ItemInfoList.GetListFromTextSearch(DVISearchList, TypeSearchList, ROSearchList, cbxBooleanTxtSrch.Checked ? 2 : cbxCaseSensitive.Checked ? 1 : 0, cbxProcSectSrch.Checked ? 1 : 0, ItemSearchIncludeLinks.Nothing, includeRTFformat, includeSpecialChars, unitPrefix, rtnByWord["byWordPrefix"], rtnByWord["byWordSuffix"]);
+						SearchResults = ItemInfoList.GetListFromTextSearch(DVISearchList, TypeSearchList, ROSearchList, cbxBooleanTxtSrch.Checked ? 2 : cbxCaseSensitive.Checked ? 1 : 0, cbxProcSectSrch.Checked ? 1 : 0, ItemSearchIncludeLinks.Nothing, includeRTFformat, includeSpecialChars, unitPrefix, GetByWordSettings(ROSearchList, true), GetByWordSettings(ROSearchList, false));
 						cmbResultsStyleIndex = 3;  // display step text in results
 					}
 					else
@@ -2177,27 +2173,59 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 			}
 			OnSearchComplete(new DisplaySearchEventArgs(TimeSpan.FromTicks(DateTime.Now.Ticks - start.Ticks)));
 		}
-		private Dictionary<string, string> GetByWordSettings(string ss)
+		private string GetByWordSettings(string ss, bool checkstart)
 		{
-			Dictionary<string, string> settings = new Dictionary<string, string>();
+			//if (Regex.IsMatch(ss, @"^[\d\.]"))  // starts with a number or '.' decimal pt
+			//{
+			//	settings.Add("byWordPrefix", @"[^0-9a-zA-Z.vbpi:\\-]");
+			//}
+			//else if (Regex.IsMatch(ss, @"^[a-zA-Z]")) // starts with a letter
+			//{
+			//	settings.Add("byWordPrefix", @"[^a-zA-Z]");		
+			//}
+			//if (Regex.IsMatch(ss, @"^[\d\.]"))       // ends with a number or decimal
+			//{
+			//	settings.Add("byWordSuffix", @"[^0-9a-zA-Z.vbpi:\\-]");
+			//}
+			//else if (Regex.IsMatch(ss, @"[a-zA-Z]$")) // ends with a letter
+			//{
+			//	settings.Add("byWordSuffix", @"[^a-zA-Z]");
+			//}
+			//return settings;
+			if (ss.Length > 0)
+			{
+				//checking start
+				if (checkstart)
+				{
+					// starts with a number or '.' decimal pt
+					if (char.IsNumber(ss, 0) || ss[0] == '.')
+					{
+						return @"[^0-9a-zA-Z.vbpi:\\-]";
+					}
+					// starts with a letter
+					else if (char.IsLetter(ss, 0))
+					{
+						return @"[^a-zA-Z]";
+					}
+				}
+				//checking end
+				else
+				{
+					// ends with a number or '.' decimal pt
+					if (char.IsNumber(ss, ss.Length - 1) || ss[ss.Length - 1] == '.')
+					{
+						return @"[^0-9a-zA-Z.vbpi:\\-]";
+					}
+					// ends with a letter
+					else if (char.IsLetter(ss, ss.Length - 1))
+					{
+						return @"[^a-zA-Z]";
+					}
+				}
+			}
 
-			if (Regex.IsMatch(ss, @"^[\d\.]"))  // starts with a number or '.' decimal pt
-			{
-				settings.Add("byWordPrefix", @"[^0-9a-zA-Z.vbpi:\\-]");
-			}
-			else if (Regex.IsMatch(ss, @"^[a-zA-Z]")) // starts with a letter
-			{
-				settings.Add("byWordPrefix", @"[^a-zA-Z]");		
-			}
-			if (Regex.IsMatch(ss, @"^[\d\.]"))       // ends with a number or decimal
-			{
-				settings.Add("byWordSuffix", @"[^0-9a-zA-Z.vbpi:\\-]");
-			}
-			else if (Regex.IsMatch(ss, @"[a-zA-Z]$")) // ends with a letter
-			{
-				settings.Add("byWordSuffix", @"[^a-zA-Z]");
-			}
-			return settings;
+			//default
+			return string.Empty;
 		}
 		private void ClearResults()     // B2021-103 if no results when RNO only, clear results list.  (moved from btnSearch_Click)
 		{