Getting dirty

[Jeanne A. E. DeVoto]

At 4:14 PM -0800 2/14/2002, Ray G Miller wrote:
>The MC "openField" behaves quite a bit differently than in other
>languages.
>
>In most others, "openField" is hit when a change occurs in a given
>field, thereby allowing a "dirty" detection; but MC generates an
>"opnfield" hit as soon as it receives the "focus."

(Just out of curiosity, what environments don't send openField until you
change the text?)

>Has anyone come up with a more natural solution other that comparing the
>current text of a given field with its previous value? In other words,
>how can you tell if you're getting dirty?

Check out the closeField message.

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