Limiting text input in a text entry field

[Jinjenator]

Doh! Obviously still half asleep!

I meant accepting a decimal - it doesn't like the point - I tried
specifying "." but didn't make a difference....

2008/8/17 Jinjenator <jinjenator at googlemail.com>:
> Hi!
>
> This should be a straightforward thing but I can only partially get it working.
> I'm trying to limit a text fields input to only numbers and integers -
> I can get numbers only by using:
>
> on keyDown theKey
>  if theKey is not a number then beep
>  else pass keyDown
> end keyDown
>
> but I can't get it to accept integers, even if I specify 'an integer' in above.
>
> I think I'm missing something simple!
>
> Cheers
> Neil
>