Mike Kerner wrote: > Well, that would be a nice thing to have in a field widget, but I run > into formatting issues with databases, as well, especially when > sorting.
The DB issue may be best handled through an accessor library. Many other error-correction and conveniences could be added to that as well.
But with fields, a formatting enhancement need not be a Widget per se. That would require first reproducing the entire field object, and then adding the small bits we're discussing here. Daunting.
Simpler would be a behavior script, with a custom properties called something like "rawText" and "displayText", with formatting determined by "displayFormat", e.g.:
set the displayFormat of fld 1 to "$0.00" set the rawText of fld 1 to 5 -- shows "$5.00" get the displayText of fld 1 -- returns "$5.00" get the rawText of fld 1 -- return "5" -- 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
