Try Javascript... And go for Wakanda... Sorry for my sarcasm...
Sent from my Cubot X6. Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> wrote: >It's of course very useful that we have a community able and willing to >share handler for things like number formatting. > >But stepping back to look at the big picture, I find myself wondering: > >Why is that even necessary? > >Why isn't that just a field property, e.g. "the displayFormat"? > >The core language is very easy to use, but in many very common cases >like this it's not so easy at all, as we have to hand-craft things that >less capable tools provide as simple property settings. > >Another good candidate complimenting displayFormat would be inputFilter, >allowing us to set a property to enforce data entry rules for specific >types (numeric, phone numbers, email addresses, etc.). > >For all the wonderful time-saving features LiveCode provides, we spend >way too much time re-inventing some very basic wheels. > >Sure, we could wait for v8's Widgets for something like this, but I >wouldn't mind seeing a behavior library for this sooner. I'd help. >Anyone have the time to steward such a project? Even better if someone >here has the chops to do this in the engine where it's arguably most >beneficial for all of us. I'd chip in on a bounty for either of these. > >-- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ____________________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > >_______________________________________________ >use-livecode mailing list >use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >preferences: >http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
