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Restrict certain keyboard keys
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 9:21 am
by davidmills
On my Android why does only the on returnInField work and yet none of the others do?
Thanks
Dave
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on openField
mobileSetKeyboardType "numeric"
end openField
on returnInField
beep
exit to top
end returnInField
on commaInField
beep
exit to top
end commaInField
on spaceInField
beep
exit to top
end spaceInField
end keyDown
Re: Restrict certain keyboard keys
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 9:59 am
by jmburnod
Hi Dave,
You can use keyup to do that
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on keyup pKey
if pKey is in "abc" then
beep
else
put pKey
end if
end keyup
Have also a look to keydown, rawkeydown, rawkeyUp
Best regards
Jean-Marc
Re: Restrict certain keyboard keys
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 11:56 am
by SparkOut
Just to elaborate, the engine sends different messages when things happen. One of the engine messages is enterInField which is sent when the enter key is pressed in the field. There is no such message for comma, or most alphanumeric keys. So you need to use the more generalised messages as Jean-Marc says.
Re: Restrict certain keyboard keys
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 12:44 pm
by Klaus
Hi Dave,
davidmills wrote:On my Android why does only the on returnInField work and yet none of the others do?
the answer is quite simple: If it is not listed in the DICTIONARY (hint, hint!), then it is not build-in!
Best
Klaus
Re: Restrict certain keyboard keys
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 1:25 pm
by davidmills
Thanks for all your replies. But I don't understand from the example what I'm supposed to replace my present script with, other than I presume the "abc" is the field name.
Thanks
Dave
Re: Restrict certain keyboard keys
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 2:01 pm
by jmburnod
Hi Dave
"abc" is the field name.
No that is a list of chars you want avoïd.
Re: Restrict certain keyboard keys
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 4:22 pm
by davidmills
Thanks and whilst is now working OK. Is there a way to remove the incorrect characters whilst still in the field other than doing a manual delete?
Dave
Re: Restrict certain keyboard keys
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 4:51 pm
by Thierry
davidmills wrote:Thanks and whilst is now working OK. Is there a way to remove the incorrect characters whilst still in the field other than doing a manual delete?
Dave
What about this:
Considering you don't want a, b and c characters:
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put replaceText( theText, "[abc]", empty)
Regards,
Thierry
Re: Restrict certain keyboard keys
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 8:34 pm
by davidmills
Thank you Thierry. It's the comma and space I don't want, but where do I add your script line as I tried line 13 after beep?
Dave
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on openField
mobileSetKeyboardType "numeric"
end openField
on returnInField
beep
exit to top
end returnInField
on keyup pKey
if pKey is in ", " then
beep
else
put pKey
end if
end keyup