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Re: Scripting: Putting the Cursor into a Specific Field

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On 2018-10-27 14:38:16 +0000, none@gmail.com said:
>>> 
>>> Perhaps it would help if you explain why you're trying to achieve this.
>>> There might be a better approach to doing what you want.
>> 
>> Thanks again, Harry. It's going to take me a while to digest all this.
>> 
>> What I'm trying to do: I have a script that validates input that's
>> supposed to be money. It catches every error I could think of and
>> informs the user, using a custom dialog. At present, the custom dialog
>> has only an OK button. After clicking on this button, the user has to
>> click in the field again to fix the error(s). I'd like to modify this so
>> the custom dialog has Fix and Accept buttons, with clicking on the Fix
>> button resulting in the cursor being in the erroneous field.
>> 
>> One problem with my current script, which I consider better than
>> nothing, is that upon exiting the money field, which is just a number
>> field to FM, FM displays the erroneous data using its wildly lax
>> interpretation of the input. The result is that no particular error is
>> obvious, unless the user notices that the value in the field is not what
>> he wanted.
>> 
>> The reason for wanting an Accept button is another story.
>> 
>> Charlie
> 
> Have you tried the automatic field validation FMP offers? Make a number 
> field. Goto field options. Choose the second tab (I don't know its 
> English name). On this tab set the checkmark on to 'Restrict......' 
> (again exact name unknown to me in English) Then from the dropdown 
> behind the checkmark choose numeric only.
> OR if you want something more complec, choose 'Through calculation'.
> Then set the last checkmark and create your custom warning.
> No scripts, no triggers. Should work????
> 
> keep well, Erik

Probably the main difference is that with the in-built Validation only 
gives you one error messages, while the Scripted method means you can 
have a more precise error message - a different message for each type 
of error.


Helpful Harry  :o)

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Scripting: Putting the Cursor into a Specific Field csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2018-10-21 14:20 -0700
  Re: Scripting: Putting the Cursor into a Specific Field Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2018-10-22 13:39 +1300
    Re: Scripting: Putting the Cursor into a Specific Field csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2018-10-22 17:23 -0700
      Re: Scripting: Putting the Cursor into a Specific Field Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2018-10-23 19:17 +1300
        Re: Scripting: Putting the Cursor into a Specific Field csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2018-10-26 19:02 -0700
          Re: Scripting: Putting the Cursor into a Specific Field none@gmail.com - 2018-10-27 16:38 +0200
            Re: Scripting: Putting the Cursor into a Specific Field Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2018-10-28 18:13 +1300
              Re: Scripting: Putting the Cursor into a Specific Field csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2018-11-07 20:09 -0800
            Re: Scripting: Putting the Cursor into a Specific Field csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2018-11-07 19:32 -0800
          Re: Scripting: Putting the Cursor into a Specific Field Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2018-10-28 18:15 +1300
            Re: Scripting: Putting the Cursor into a Specific Field csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2018-11-07 20:09 -0800
  Re: Scripting: Putting the Cursor into a Specific Field Howard Schlossberg <howard@nospam.fmprosolutions.com> - 2018-10-21 18:15 -0700
    Re: Scripting: Putting the Cursor into a Specific Field csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2018-10-22 17:23 -0700

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