enter or return troubles

[Somnifer]

I've made a simple application that generates random words. The user can
specify how many words he needs generated by typing a number into a field.
Now I'm trying to add a simple behavior that lets the user use the
return-button on the keyboard instead of having to click on the 'generate'
button with the mouse.

I'v tried this :

on exitframe
if keyPressed(return) then
gSet = (item 1 of field "fld_howmany").integer
Selector
end if
end

(gSet holds the number of items to be generated, while Selector is a custom
handler that does the generating.)

When I use the return key, it works like a charm. It also works when I press
the enter-key near the keypad, but strangely enough it also leaves a little
square in the textfield! I have no idea where this square comes from.

Could someone please explain this to me ? Or maybe how to do it properly ?

[Greg Brant]

the square is a result or director trying to display the cariage-return or
line feed character as a visual character,
the font does not have this character as a visual so it places the box in
there, Its like a missing-character character




"Somnifer" <somnifer@pandora.be> wrote in message
news:c7fqj4$1rb$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> I've made a simple application that generates random words. The user can
> specify how many words he needs generated by typing a number into a field.
> Now I'm trying to add a simple behavior that lets the user use the
> return-button on the keyboard instead of having to click on the 'generate'
> button with the mouse.
>
> I'v tried this :
>
> on exitframe
> if keyPressed(return) then
> gSet = (item 1 of field "fld_howmany").integer
> Selector
> end if
> end
>
> (gSet holds the number of items to be generated, while Selector is a

custom

> handler that does the generating.)
>
> When I use the return key, it works like a charm. It also works when I

press

> the enter-key near the keypad, but strangely enough it also leaves a

little

> square in the textfield! I have no idea where this square comes from.
>
> Could someone please explain this to me ? Or maybe how to do it properly ?
>
>
>
>

[Mark A. Boyd]

"Somnifer" <somnifer@pandora.be> wrote in
news:c7fqj4$1rb$1@forums.macromedia.com:

> When I use the return key, it works like a charm. It also works when I
> press the enter-key near the keypad, but strangely enough it also
> leaves a little square in the textfield! I have no idea where this
> square comes from.
>
> Could someone please explain this to me ? Or maybe how to do it
> properly ?

I would trap the key in the keyDown event. That way you can completely
prevent it from getting into the field or text member. Something like:

on keyDown me
if (the key = RETURN) or (the key = ENTER) then
do something
else
PASS
end if
end


--
Mark A. Boyd
Keep-On-Learnin' :)