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- From: urban@stout.atd.ucar.edu (Art Urban (PROFS))
- Subject: Re: Validating Data Entry in a Field
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.203434.25218@ncar.ucar.edu>
- Sender: urban@stout.atd.ucar.edu
- Organization: Atmospheric Technology Division/NCAR Boulder, CO
- References: <1992Aug18.202825.24625@ncar.ucar.edu>
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 20:34:34 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug18.202825.24625@ncar.ucar.edu> hpoppe@ncar.ucar.edu (Herb Poppe) writes:
- %by typing TAB or RETURN or ENTER. However, I see no convenient way to trap
- %the user's clicking a button, in another field, or in the card, thus
- %leaving an invalid value left in the field. Have a missed an obvious (or
- %not so obvious) approach to this issue?
- %Herb Poppe National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
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- If I'm not mistaken (I haven't tried this) the exitField handler does what
- you want. It is called every time the cursor leaves the field, *even* if
- the the field data is unchanged.
-
- Hope this helps!
-
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- Art Urban urban@stout.atd.ucar.edu
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