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Originally posted by CALocklin View PostIn xdialog you don't really "set the field to allow only numbers". The field just displays a variable. So, just DIM the variable as a number - now you can only enter a number in the variable/field.
I tried it before without success because I must accept a comma as decimal sign.
Thanks anyway
Originally posted by csda1 View PostThere are some undocumented (meaning possibly unsupported) formatting XDialog directives that are used in the UI_GET_TEXT() that I was thinking about when I stated that.
I wish I could be able to use formatting in Xdialog. I do not want to have a Xdialogbox prompting with another Xdialogbox just for one numeric field.
You can also use the change event on an XDialog control to process each key stroke in a text box, and ignore, keep or modify as needed.
Thanks for your reply
Ton
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Hi Ton,
Originally posted by Ton Spies View PostThis triggers me. How can you do that?
There are some undocumented (meaning possibly unsupported) formatting XDialog directives that are used in the UI_GET_TEXT() that I was thinking about when I stated that.
You can also use the change event on an XDialog control to process each key stroke in a text box, and ignore, keep or modify as needed.
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In xdialog you don't really "set the field to allow only numbers". The field just displays a variable. So, just DIM the variable as a number - now you can only enter a number in the variable/field.
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Set the format of the field to only allow numbers.
Ton
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Re: Xdialod field format
Originally posted by Stan Mathews View PostSorry Cal. It was the "not both" that threw me. Just seemed strange.
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Sorry Cal. It was the "not both" that threw me. Just seemed strange.
My point about the minor inconsistencies was prompted by remembering that in V5 you could, in the interactive,
Code:new var = 7 ? new Var = 7.000000
Code:new var of some name = 7 ? new var of some name = 7.000000
It allowed a multiple word variable name. This has since been corrected.
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Originally posted by Stan Mathews View PostSay what?
The interactive is often forgiving of minor inconsistencies.
The problem occurs when trying to use that in an xdialog to change a value entered as a number to a character value and then put that character value back into the numeric field. The numeric field can't take a character value. At best, it simply converts it back to a numeric field and you lose the 'formatting' that was created during the transform.
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Now try to make it work in the xdialog where the field is either numeric or character but not both.
The interactive is often forgiving of minor inconsistencies.
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To add salt - I haven't been able to get the transform to work. It deletes the contents of the field when it is numeric.
I also found that there is no need to change back to numeric as the function meets that need. If someone enters text and leaves the control, the function sets it to 0.00
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Code:x=123 ?transform(x,"@t 999,999.99") = "123.00"
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Re: Xdialod field format
Originally posted by G Gabriel View PostYou could leave it as numeric and use transform() instead.
x=transform(x,"@t 999,999.99")
Code:dim x as n x=123 x=transform(x,"@t 999,999.99") ?x = 123
If it's a character type, then sure, TRANSFORM() can modify the data in a similar way to ltrim(str(val(fieldvalue),16,2))
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You could leave it as numeric and use transform() instead.
x=transform(x,"@t 999,999.99")
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