Field without return chars

[MaxV]

Hi all,
I created a single line field. When I pasted some text in it, I didn't realize that I pasted more than one line. This led to several bugs...
What is the best practice to obtain a really one line field? I mean a field that can't contain more than one line.

[bangkok]

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replace CR with "" in field "myfield"

You might be confronted with other issues (for instance if your field contains text coming from various plateforms). In this case you could add :

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replace CRLF with "" in field "myfield"

[MaxV]

Ok, you suggestion is to modify the string.
What is the best message to do it? During typing? Losing focus? With paste?

[Klaus]

Hi Max,

you could add a little "intelligence" to the field like this in the fields script:

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## Prevent any new line characters in field:
on returninfield
  ##
end returninfield

## Same here:
on enterinfield
  ##
end enterinfield

## "Trap" the PASTEKEY
## Hint, this does not work in the IDE out of the box, please read the dictionary about "Pastekey"!
on pasteKey -- replace returns with spaces before pasting
  if the clipboardData["text"] <> empty then
    set the clipboardData["text"] to replaceText(the clipboardData["text"],return,space)
    paste
  end if
end pastekey

That should cover all possible scenarios.


Best

Klaus