validating input text

[Hskrdoo]

I have a quick question. I have a password input box. The user must type the word "hickory" and press ENTER in order to proceed. I don't care if the word is in all caps or a combination of uppercase and lowercase. I just want Flash to make sure the word "hickory" is typed regardless of the case. What is my button script going to look like?

 

[BigBadDave]

Try this :

on (press) {
  if (inputtext != "hickory") {
    // do something eg:
    gotoAndStop("SecretFrame");
  } else {
    // do something else eg:
    call alert('Wrong password')
  }
}

Regards

Big Bad Dave

davidbyng@hotmail.com

 

[davdesign]

You'll have to standardize the text to all-lower or all-upper case before checking it against an argument, if you want the user to be able to use a combination of both:

on (press) {
    inputText = inputText.toLowerCase();
    if (inputText == "hickory") {
        trace ("good");
    } else {
        trace ("nope");
    }
}

dave

dave@pinkzeppelin.com

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