Check up "length" in your help.
Something like this:
on exitFrame
if member("yourFieldHere").text.length=25 then checkAnswer
end
on checkAnswer
-- do some checking here
end
regards, Florian
Kenneth Park wrote:
>
> Hi List
>
> Newbie here
>
> I am building a quiz in which the user will input their answer in an
> editable text field. I would then like the user to check this answer against
> the correct answer without using the return key or clicking on a submit
> button.
>
> I was thinking that I could use a behaviour which I could attach to the text
> field. This behaviour would count the number of characters keyed in by the
> user and on the last character check the answer.
>
> The problem is that I don't really know how to do this. Any help would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Kenneth Park
> Cardonald College
> Glassgow
>
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