At 12:00am -0700 00-09-23, Palm Developer Forum digest wrote:
>Subject: decimal point on numeric fields
>From: "Fima Furman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 17:50:46 -0400
>X-Message-Number: 61
>
> We just discovered that on some Pilots, decimal point is not allowed in
>numerical fields... I most cases I can write 5.5 on my Visor, but Palm IIIx
>seems to not allow decimal point in this field. Why? Is this a bug, or a
>feature?
A numeric field will restrict entry via keyDown events to only those
characters which are digits (TxtCharIsDigit() == true) or a decimal
point, as specified via the Formats panel. So if you specify a format
which doesn't use the '.' for the decimal point, then you won't be
able to enter it.
Also note that only one "decimal point" character is allowed in the
field, and that this screening is only done on key-down event
handling...so you can still paste non-numeric characters into the
field. An additional limitation is that you can't enter the thousands
separator character (e.g. ',' in the US). So many apps do their own
screening for numeric fields.
-- Ken
Ken Krugler
TransPac Software, Inc.
<http://www.transpac.com>
+1 530-470-9200
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