RE: [flexcoders] Re: DateField - is there a way to limit the amount of input allowed?

2007-01-23 Thread Gordon Smith 
Have you tried subclassing DateField and setting textInput.maxChars?

 

As for stopping keystrokes from being processed by a TextField,
TextInput, or TextArea, handle the 'textInput' event and call
preventDefault(), not stopPropagation() or stopImmediatePropagation().

 

- Gordon

 



From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
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To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: DateField - is there a way to limit the amount
of input allowed?

 

I have a DateField in which editing is allowed. I want to prevent the
user from typing more than "x" characters since "x + 1" characters
will not represent a valid date to my application. In other
programming languages my keypress handler would allow me to "consume"
the event, effectively putting a stop to typing beyond a certain
length. How can I do this in Flex, as so far my attempts at stopping
the event propagation have been ignored by the Flash player?

Thanks,
Libby

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>
> On Tuesday 23 January 2007 13:45, Libby wrote:
> > Anybody? As far as I can tell, DateField doesn't take a maxChars
> > property, which would be the logical solution.
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 , "Libby"  wrote:
> > > I used a keyboard listener to keep track of the length of the text
> > > entered, but Flex ignores my demands to preventDefault() and/or
> > > stopImmediatePropagation(). Does anyone have the secret they could
> 
> Can you be clearer about what you want to achieve ?
> For instance, I've never heard of those two methods, and so have no
idea how 
> they relate to what seems a fairly simple case of using a key press
handler 
> to truncate a form field.
> 
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Re: [flexcoders] Re: DateField - is there a way to limit the amount of input allowed?

2007-01-23 Thread Tom Chiverton 
On Tuesday 23 January 2007 13:45, Libby wrote:
> Anybody? As far as I can tell, DateField doesn't take a maxChars
> property, which would be the logical solution.
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Libby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I used a keyboard listener to keep track of the length of the text
> > entered, but Flex ignores my demands to preventDefault() and/or
> > stopImmediatePropagation(). Does anyone have the secret they could

Can you be clearer about what you want to achieve ?
For instance, I've never heard of those two methods, and so have no idea how 
they relate to what seems a fairly simple case of using a key press handler 
to truncate a form field.

-- 
Tom Chiverton
Helping to assertively maintain exceptional methodologies



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