On Friday, October 01, 2010 11:43:09 am Jim Byrnes wrote:
> Actually it seems to be easier than that to do. I opened the .cdxml
> file for my test app and changed the line <dTextBox... to
> <dMaskedTextBox.. After saving it and opening the CD it showed in the
> Properties sheet as a dMaskedTextBox. I was able to give it a RegId and
> change the border spacing. It respected changes I made using Edit Sizer
> Settings control. Down in the EditCode section it showed up but had no
> methods. I clicked on the New button and added the method:
>
> def afterInit(self):
> self.setProperties({"Mask":"A{2} - #{3}"})
>
> I saved it and ran the form and it worked just like I expected a
> dMaskedTextBox to work. It displayed a textbox with a - in it. To the
> left of the - it would accept only 2 uppercase letters and 3 numbers to
> the right. I printed its value and got the 2 letters and 3 numbers with
> no - . To be sure I shutdown the CD and ran it from the cmdline and it
> still worked as expected.
>
> So from this limited testing is seems you can without too much trouble
> use a dMaskedTextBox in the CD. I'm going to backup a project I am
> working on and try to replace a normal textbox with a masked one and see
> if it still works.
Just a heads up. The issues regarding the dMaskTextBox are not with the
interactive side on the screen but making it work with the database correctly.
Johnf
_______________________________________________
Post Messages to: [email protected]
Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users
Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users
This message:
http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[email protected]
