Is there a textChanged property?

[J. Landman Gay]

On 5/8/13 9:44 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote:
> I know about the textChanged message, but . . .
>
> I have forms with many fields.  I have a closeField handler that sets a
> flag when something changes, but this only triggers when leaving the field.
>
> My assistant just discovered a bug that I hadn't--
>
> I have fields that have hotkeys in them, one of which closes a group of
> fields.  If a change is made in one, and the hotkey used to close, that
> change doesn't get processed.
>
> I suppose I could set my flag repeatedly whenever a key is pressed, but
> this seems processor intensive.
>
> Is there any way inside the keyUp handler to test whether the contents have
> changed?
>
> Or is this just a hangover from my 8 bit days with BASIC interpreters?
>

I'm not sure why trapping every keyUp would be less intensive than using 
the built-in textchanged message, which is optimized. Is there a reason 
you don't want to use that? It was created for exactly the scenario you 
describe. You could remove your closefield handler too if you use it.

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