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[Michael Doub]

Richard,  I think Hugh had the same thoughts when he created the 
fieldformatter (http://www.flexiblelearning.com/fieldformatter/). Were 
you thinking of something different?

-= Mike


On 7/28/15 9:59 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> It's of course very useful that we have a community able and willing 
> to share handler for things like number formatting.
>
> But stepping back to look at the big picture, I find myself wondering:
>
> Why is that even necessary?
>
> Why isn't that just a field property, e.g. "the displayFormat"?
>
> The core language is very easy to use, but in many very common cases 
> like this it's not so easy at all, as we have to hand-craft things 
> that less capable tools provide as simple property settings.
>
> Another good candidate complimenting displayFormat would be 
> inputFilter, allowing us to set a property to enforce data entry rules 
> for specific types (numeric, phone numbers, email addresses, etc.).
>
> For all the wonderful time-saving features LiveCode provides, we spend 
> way too much time re-inventing some very basic wheels.
>
> Sure, we could wait for v8's Widgets for something like this, but I 
> wouldn't mind seeing a behavior library for this sooner.  I'd help. 
> Anyone have the time to steward such a project?  Even better if 
> someone here has the chops to do this in the engine where it's 
> arguably most beneficial for all of us.  I'd chip in on a bounty for 
> either of these.
>
> -- 
>  Richard Gaskin
>  Fourth World Systems
>  Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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