Whoa there Mark! I didn't mean to offend anyone. This dialog stuff is the 
greatest since the wheel as far as I'm concerned. I just needed a little more. 
And you, my friend, supplied it.

Many thanks.

Earl

On Sep 14, 2011, at 3:59 PM, Mark Miesfeld wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Earl Hodil <eho...@mail.open-softech.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> Is there a way to create a MultiIntegerBox class without starting from 
> scratch? Has anybody already done this? I need to input and validate a date 
> and MultiInputBox is nice, but… it leaves a lot to be desired. If I could 
> merge it with IntegerBox, I'd have what I need. I just don't know how to do 
> that.
>  
> You could probably do this, of course it depends on exactly what you by "it 
> leaves a lot to be desired":
>  
> Find
>  
> ::class 'MultiInputBox' subclass PlainUserDialog public
>  
> in OODPLAIN.cls.  Copy and paste the entire class definition into your 
> program and rename the class something you are comfortable with, like 
> MultiIntegerBox as you say.
>  
> Then in this line:
>  
>    self~AddInputStem(101, 10, sy+4+10, maxlen+4, len, entries.)
> add the style string, which is the arg right after entries.  Like this:
>  
>    self~AddInputStem(101, 10, sy+4+10, maxlen+4, len, entries., "NUMBER")
>  
> that will create the edit controls with the integer only style.  That should 
> (might) be good enough for your needs.
>  
> Rather than put the new class definition in your program, if you're 
> ambitious, you could create your own 'required' file and put it in there.  
> Then you could use it any of your programs.
>  
> I personally would save a copy of OODPLAIN.cls and then just add it to the 
> OODPLAIN.cls file, right under the ::class 'MultiInputBox'  definition.
>  
> --
> Mark Miesfeld
> 
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