James, // this is a field script, providing // a safe way to check if a field has changed local lHash local lHasChanged
on openField put md5Digest(the text of me) into lHash pass openField end openField on closeField checkHash pass closeField end closeField // depending on the purpose of your field // you may or may not want to include ths handler on exitField checkHash pass exitField end exitField // alter this handler as needed private command checkHash put md5Digest(the text of me) into myHash put (myHash is not lHash) into lHasChanged if lHasChanged then send "mouseUp" to btn ProcessChanges end if end checkHash getProp changed theCurret if theCurrent is true then return (md5Digest(the text of me)) is lHash else return (lHasChanged is true) end if end changed -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Become our partner in sales http://qery.us/16r Start selling Color Converter today. 20% commission! On 25 okt 2011, at 23:21, James Hurley wrote: > I have a text field (unlocked) that the user can edit, but I want to know > when and to deal with the changes. > > Here is what I have come up with, something of a kludge. Is there a cleaner > way? > > on mouseEnter --Enter the field > set the textChange of me to false > end mouseEnter > > on rawkeydown tKey > if the textChange of me is true then > pass rawKeyDown > else > set the textChange of me to true > pass rawKeyDown > end if > end rawKeyDown > > on mouseLeave > if the textChange of me is false then > exit mouseLeave > else > send "mouseUP" to button "ProcessChanges" --This is where the change is > dealt with. > end if > end mouseLeave > > > Jim Hurley _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode