Allow uppercase only in a field

[Sarah Reichelt]

> > I have a field where users can type, but I only allow some letters &
> > symbols through and then I want them all to be uppercase, although I
> > want to allow the users to be able to type in lower case.
> >
> > I have the restricted characters working fine in a keyDown handler,
> > and I have the field changing to upper case in the keyUp handler, but
> > I still see the lower case letter briefly before it changes.
> >
> > What I REALLY want is to change the keyDown parameter as I pass it.
> >
> > Has anyone already solved this problem?
>
> Try this:
>
> on keyDown pKey
>   put toUpper(pKey) into the selection
> end keyDown
>

Thanks Ken, that was the trick I was missing. I had tried "put
toUpper(pKey) into the selectedChunk" but that didn't work. I hadn't
thought of using "the selection".

Problem solved :-)

Cheers,
Sarah