Re: [PHP] Inserting special characters into text fields

2002-10-14 Thread Marco Tabini
That's client side, so it doesn't really matter what server-side scripting language you use. You could write a javascript script that inserts a value into a field: script language=javascript function insertval(field, value) { document.all(field).value = document.all(field).value +

Re: [PHP] Inserting special characters into text fields

2002-10-14 Thread Chris Hewitt
Phil Schwarzmann wrote: I need users to be able to insert special characters (ö and ä) into a text field. Unfortunately, English-speaking people do not have these keys on their keyboards. Currently, they are cutting and pasting these characters into the text boxes. I believe ASP can insert

Re: [PHP] Inserting special characters into text fields

2002-10-14 Thread Marco Tabini
Well, in Linux (if you're using X) we have key bindings and dead keys, that allow you to create combinations of keypresses that are translated into special characters. For example, since I sometimes write in Italian and need accented letters, I have programmed my X so that if I press the left

Re: [PHP] Inserting special characters into text fields

2002-10-14 Thread Maxim Maletsky
On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 14:25:09 +0100 Chris Hewitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phil Schwarzmann wrote: I need users to be able to insert special characters (ö and ä) into a text field. Unfortunately, English-speaking people do not have these keys on their keyboards. Currently, they are

Re: [PHP] Inserting special characters into text fields

2002-10-14 Thread @ Edwin
Hello, On Monday, October 14, 2002 10:44 PM Maxim Maletsky wrote: [snip] ALT key? I don't think so. The only way to type other language's characters is by switch the keyboard layout (ALT-SHIFT, usually) so your keyboard inputs the ASCII mapped to your keys. That's the only way. And,

Re: [PHP] Inserting special characters into text fields

2002-10-14 Thread Maxim Maletsky
how true! I didn't know... my Windows usage sucks :) Cheers, Maxim Maletsky ZoomStats - the power behind Web Analysis On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 23:07:53 +0900 @ Edwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, On Monday, October 14, 2002 10:44 PM Maxim Maletsky wrote: [snip] ALT key? I don't think

Re: [PHP] Inserting special characters into text fields

2002-10-14 Thread Paul Nicholson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 14 October 2002 09:44 am, Maxim Maletsky scribbled: On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 14:25:09 +0100 Chris Hewitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phil Schwarzmann wrote: I need users to be able to insert special characters (ö and ä) into a text field.

Re: [PHP] Inserting special characters into text fields

2002-10-14 Thread Chris Hewitt
Maxim Maletsky wrote: ALT key? I don't think so. In MS Windows, e.g hold down the Alt key, on the numeric keypad press 156 then let go of the Alt key and you have the British pound sign (£). This is with the UK keyboard layout. Its been there since the days of DOS and works for all ASCII