I will have to admit, it's the closest I've seen, but when I went to the link, it reversed the numbers in the area code.
Thanks for the ideas though JT -----Original Message----- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darron J. Schall Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 2:19 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Input formatting James wrote: > Hello All > > > > Anybody figure out to to-do input formatting: > > > > Exam: I want to save a phone number as 9991234567 > > But I want it to appear on input: (999) 123-4567 > > > > Any help would be appreciated > > > http://www.darronschall.com/downloads/fti.swf This component will be available as part of the IFBIN service. I've built a FormattedTextInput component (for both Flash and Flex) that allows you to specify a format mask, and it will restrict the user's input so that it matches the mask. Valid format 'input placeholder' characters: # - any digit (0-9) a - lowercase letter A - uppercase letter Z - any letter * - any letter or digit Example usage: my_ti.format = "(###) ### - ####"; Then, to get the value of out it, use: my_ti.value - that will return just the input that matches the input placeholders, ie in the scernario about, .value will just be 10 digits (with formatting removed). If you set the .text property of the component, it will automatically format it as well: my_ti.text = "5559991111"; // will display according to the format If you want this as a Flex component, you'll have to wait until Flex by Example ships. The Flash component was part of my talk on Extending Components at Flash in the Can in april. You can also either find my Flash source and tweak it to work with Flex, or hope someone else builds it for you.. but these are the types of high-quality examples and useful code snippets that you'll see in Flex by Example. ;-) -d -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hnqti2h/M=362131.6882499.7825260.1510227/D=groups/S=1705007207:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123032250/A=2889191/R=0/SIG=10r90krvo/*http://www.thebeehive.org ">Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job) Welcome to the Sweet Life - brought to you by One Economy</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
