Have you tried subclassing DateField and setting textInput.maxChars?
As for stopping keystrokes from being processed by a TextField, TextInput, or TextArea, handle the 'textInput' event and call preventDefault(), not stopPropagation() or stopImmediatePropagation(). - Gordon ________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Libby Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 9:28 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: DateField - is there a way to limit the amount of input allowed? I have a DateField in which editing is allowed. I want to prevent the user from typing more than "x" characters since "x + 1" characters will not represent a valid date to my application. In other programming languages my keypress handler would allow me to "consume" the event, effectively putting a stop to typing beyond a certain length. How can I do this in Flex, as so far my attempts at stopping the event propagation have been ignored by the Flash player? Thanks, Libby --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , Tom Chiverton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tuesday 23 January 2007 13:45, Libby wrote: > > Anybody? As far as I can tell, DateField doesn't take a maxChars > > property, which would be the logical solution. > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Libby" <libbychantel@> wrote: > > > I used a keyboard listener to keep track of the length of the text > > > entered, but Flex ignores my demands to preventDefault() and/or > > > stopImmediatePropagation(). Does anyone have the secret they could > > Can you be clearer about what you want to achieve ? > For instance, I've never heard of those two methods, and so have no idea how > they relate to what seems a fairly simple case of using a key press handler > to truncate a form field. > > -- > Tom Chiverton > Helping to assertively maintain exceptional methodologies > > **************************************************** > > This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. > > Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at St James's Court Brown Street Manchester M2 2JF. A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office. Any reference to a partner in relation to Halliwells LLP means a member of Halliwells LLP. Regulated by the Law Society. > > CONFIDENTIALITY > > This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 8008. > > For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com. >
