input length checking

Slove,

Unfortunately, there is no way to length-limit text boxes in the GUI environment before or without using the Validate or Deactivate events.

You could set the width of the field to a point where it starts scrolling when the user gets to the desired number of characters. This would give them a visual clue that they have entered too many characters.

When I have length validated fields on a form, I set the field width to accomodate maximum input size before scrolling and use the pop-up help messages to tell the user input is limited to X characters.   I then use the validate or deactivate events to check if their input exceeds the maximum number of charcters. If the value they entered is too long, I call ATGUIACTIVATE to send them back to the field they just tried to leave.

This is a very frequently requested validation, that the developers of Accuterm are aware of. Hopefully it will be added to the appropriate field types in a future release of the Accuterm GUI environment.

Hope that helps,

Deech

I have also run into this issue and Pete has said that he will be adding a length property.
Deech says however:
'I set the field width to accomodate maximum input size before scrolling '
Since the width of each letter varies, it's difficult to estimate the width to assign an entry field. Or are you using a fixed length font?