July 6, 2011
by D. P. Story
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This article is the beginning of a new thread on internal processing of a field. In this article the event object is discussed and a brief survey of its properties is conducted. The Action tab, which consists of the triggers … Continue reading
July 5, 2011
by D. P. Story
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The describes the chain of events that occur when the user inputs text into a text field or a editable combo box. The Keystroke, Validate, Calculate, and Format events are discussed, the various properties of the event object for each … Continue reading
July 4, 2011
by D. P. Story
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This article makes a detailed study of how to write Keystroke and Format scripts. Several custom scripts are presented, including one that processes U.K. postcodes. A extensive listing of the built-in functions is made, and numerous examples are presented. We … Continue reading
July 3, 2011
by D. P. Story
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This article discusses the built-in range function in the Validate tab; several custom Validate scripts are presented, including one that requires the date entered into a date field to fall in a specified range. Download: pdfblog_23.pdf
July 2, 2011
by D. P. Story
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The article shows how to write a custom Calculate script and discusses the built-in function used for making standard calculations. The Field.calcOrderIndex and Doc.calculate properties are covered and illustrated. Download: pdflog_24.pdf