On Apr 21, 2006, at 8:41 AM, Stephen Johnson wrote:
Please define "mask". I understand a mask to be the same no matter
what is entered into the field. I'm defining a mask as hiding the
characters that are typed, and displaying only asterisks. Is this
not what you want to do? Please explain.
Yeah, I hear you.
A mask in this case is like a template which the user input must
follow. For example, a U.S. Social Security Number (3 digits, 2
digits, 4 digits separated by dashes: ex: 123-45-6789) might be
entered into an EditField with a mask set to ###-##-####. It's just
a way to control user input.
For your real life "mask" analogy, consider "masking" in the printing
sense, rather than in the "hiding your identity" sense. "Filter"
might be a good word here, too.
Ian
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