Blocking returns in a locked text field

[Joe Lewis Wilkins]

Ken and Mike, (actually the field is unlocked)

Thanks, I had yet to find these two messages. LC is so complex these days; however, I see they've been around since 1.0, so my bad. (smile) You guys are great!

Joe Lewis Wilkins
Architect


On May 22, 2011, at 5:09 AM, Mike Bonner wrote:

> You can use returninfield and enterinfield for this, if you put the
> following in the script for the field.
> 
> *on returninfield*
> *   exit returninfield*
> *end returninfield*
> *
> *
> *on enterinfield*
> *   exit enterinfield*
> *end enterinfield*
> 
> as long as you don't pass enterinfield or returninfield the enter and return
> keys will be ignored by the field.
> 
> 
> On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 1:06 AM, Joe Lewis Wilkins <pepetoo at cox.net> wrote:
> 
>> Earlier I thought I had a solution for this, but I'm not happy with what
>> I've come up with. Anyone have a simpler/better solution?
>> 
>> I put the following into the field's script and it works - kind of, but not
>> until the user leaves the field:
>> 
>> on mouseOver
>>   global gTemp
>>   lock screen
>>   put me into gTemp
>> end mouseOver
>> 
>> on mouseleave
>>   global gTemp
>>   if the number of lines in the me > the number of lines in gTemp then put
>> gTemp into me
>>   unlock screen
>> end mouseleave
>> 
>> This is a real kludge. There must be a better way.
>> 
>> Thanks everyone!
>> 
>> Joe Lewis Wilkins
>> Architect