Input Masks

vinsnash

Is it possible to create an input mask that formats input rather then just checks for correctly formatted entry?

I have one used with MS Access for phone numbers. The user simply keys in the digits and the mask formats. i.e.

User keys "9999999999"

Mask formats adding parenthesis, space, and hyphen were required

(999) 999-9999

I've tried several versions but am not having any success at all. Is it time to throw in the towel on this?

Thanks

Vins Nash

aware_support

Input masks do not format the input - they check entered strings for a specified format

vinsnash

Thanks. I'll quit tilting windmills. A future enhancement maybe?

Vins

corradomatt

I'm not usually one to bring up old topics but this is a feature I would love to see added to Aware. I know that I could mess with some external javascript to add the functionality I need but it would be great if it worked right out of the box.

I think its a small feature that adds sophistication and uniformity to our software creations. Users don't always like to conform to what we ask of them but if we format things the way we want for them, it helps the process.

ninap

we agree,

today we have many rules which clean up "poorly" formatted input from users.

yes we can force them to enter Phone Numbers (xxx) xxx-xxxx but this is extra right hand key strokes.

users would love the ability to sloppily add a phone number AND the system deals with this itself...

corradomatt

PLEASE aware support!!! pretty please!! This really would give us some powerful user friendly features.