On Thu, 19 Mar 2015, John Rose wrote: > On 18/03/15 11:30, John Rose wrote: > > I have a Maskbox with mask [A-Za-z][A-Za-z]. I noticed that the IDE > > does not show the MaxLength property. I want the user to be able to > > enter lower case & have the entry displayed as upper case for either > > of the 2 characters. When I run the attached Test app, it only seems > > to allow the entry of 1 characted. When 'a' followed by 'd' is > > entered, the Maskbox displays D and the Console shows from the Print > > statements carried out by code conversion of lower case to uppercase: > > SteckerMaskBox.MaxLength=0 > > SteckerMaskBox.Length=1 > > SteckerMaskBox.Text=a > > SteckerMaskBox.Mask=[A-Za-z][A-Za-z] > > Length=1 > > SteckerMaskBox.MaxLength=0 > > SteckerMaskBox.Length=1 > > SteckerMaskBox.Text=d > > SteckerMaskBox.Mask=[A-Za-z][A-Za-z] > > Length=1 > > > > What is the solution to allow a 2 character entry? > > > > PS I'm using Gambas Stable Builds ppa with gambas version showing as > > 3.7.90 though Gambas IDE Title bar shows DEVELOPMENT VERSION - USE AT > > YOUR OWN RISK. Could this 'Stable' ppa contain a jinxed Gambas version? > > > Gambas Stable Builds ppa has now updated Gambas version to 3.7 and > Gambas IDE Title bar no long shows DEVELOPMENT VERSION. However, this > Maskbox issue still present. I shall assume it's a bug and post it on > Gambas Issues unless I'm told different before tomorrow.
What I write below is observations from experiments I made. I don't usually use MaskBoxes so I don't know if the behaviour has always been like that or if it is intended. Apparently, inputting into MaskBoxes works a little different than into TextBoxes. Imagine the MaskBox as an array of cells where the things you can put into each cell is defined by the mask. If you press a key and that is valid input for your current cell, the corresponding character is put into that cell, *without* advancing the current cell. You need to use the arrow keys to do that. Using your program this way shows no problem. You may want to make your own little MaskBox lookalike using the "CheckInput idiom"[0] if this is not the way you like. Regards, Tobi [0] http://www.gambas-buch.de/dw/doku.php?id=k16:k16.6:k16.6.3:start -- "There's an old saying: Don't change anything... ever!" -- Mr. Monk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
