InputMask - Phone No (variation)

[Gotheallblacks]

I am wanting to "dynamically" change the inputmask for phone numbers in a textbox as the user keys in.

eg (99)999-9999 or (999)999-9999 or (9999)999-9999 or 99-9999-9999999


I am able to determine whether .value is either a Mobile,Freephone,National or International No from the first 2-3 characters.And want the mask to change.

Does anyone have an example of how this can be done.

 

[Mike Gagnon]

Use the interactiveChange of the textbox to evaluate each characters as they are entered.


Mike Gagnon

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[Gotheallblacks]

Mike

I had tried the following in interactiveChange:
WITH this
DO case
CASE INLIST(SUBSTR(.value,1,2),'08','05') && freephone
.inputmask='(9999)999-9999'
CASE INLIST(SUBSTR(.value,1,2),'02') && mobile phone
.inputmask='(999)999-9999'
CASE INLIST(SUBSTR(.value,1,2),'00') && INTERNATIONAL
.inputmask='99-9999999999'
OTHERWISE
.inputmask='(99)999-9999' && NATIONAL/LOCAL
ENDCASE
ENDWITH

Without much success!

 

[alvechurchdata]

I'd be surprised if you could pull the rug out from under Fox and change the InputMask when you're half-way through data entry.

If you use a separate textbox for the first two digits then you could change the InputMask on a second textbox to accept the rest of the number.

Geoff Franklin

http://www.alvechurchdata.co.uk

 

[Mike Lewis]

Gotheallblacks,

I agree with Geoff. I can't see any future in changing the mask as the data is being entered.

If this was my app, I would make the users enter the formatting characters manually. Or, have 'em enter the numbers without the formatting, then, in the LostFocus, write some code that parses the number and inserts the required formatting.

Mike

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[Gotheallblacks]

Thanks

Did the following:

in when() event of textbox

this.inputmask=''

and in both refresh() and lostfocus() methods

DODEFAULT()
WITH this
IF NOT EMPTY(.value)
DO case
CASE INLIST(SUBSTR(.value,1,2),'08','05') && freephone
.inputmask='(9999)999-9999'
CASE INLIST(SUBSTR(.value,1,2),'02') && mobile phone
.inputmask='(999)999-9999'
CASE INLIST(SUBSTR(.value,1,2),'00') && INTERNATIONAL
.inputmask='99-9999999999'
OTHERWISE
.inputmask='(99)999-9999' && NATIONAL/LOCAL
ENDCASE

ELSE
.inputmask=''
ENDIF
ENDWITH

The Idea was the user could change a National ph No to a Mobile ph etc without the restriction (visually) of the mask.

I guess closer to being user friendly reading/display but not so hot to edit.

 

[Gotheallblacks]

Just adding: The reason for inputmask is that I didn't want format char's in the underlying data/table as it will used for dialling and faxing. and also only one class to handle phone/fax/mobile/freephone etc

 

[Mike Lewis]

Gotheallblacks,

Sounds like a good solution. Glad you've got it working.

Mike

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