Create a mask in a textbox of a form

[Bibi]

Hello!

How can I create a mask in a textbox of a form?

Thank you in advance!

 

[baad]

sorry, what do u mean sayin mask?

 

[Bibi]

A mask format the output of a data. For example, the format of a date is MM/DD/YYYY. In the textbox, you see " / / ". When you enter the date, you don't enter the caracters "/". After that you enter the month, the cursor go the first caracter of the day. After that you enter the day, the cursor go the first caracter of the year.

 

[link9]

Well, you would write a javascript function that would probably be called onKeyUp for that box that would read, parse, and reformat the string each time it was/is typed in. There's not a quick and easy way to do it, like there is for other Windows programs or anything. :-(

However, you might very well be able to find a widget for that somewhere at a site like

http://www.dynamicdrive.com

or any of the host of other dhtml/javascript sites out there. That's probably where I'd start looking.

good luck!
Paul Prewett

 

[baad]

hiee!
>>bibi
if ya wanna learn how 2 work with strings yourself (i mean regular expressions) goto

http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/communicator/jsguide/regexp.htm

else use link's suggestion:
goto

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/

or

http://www.webreference.com/js/

or

http://www.bratta.com/dhtml/scripts.asp

or somewhere else

regards