restrict characters

[Salem_]

in the action script i create

//allowed character
var restrict_:String =
"a-z,A-Z,0-1,!,@,$,%,^,*,(,),[,],{,},;,\',\",/,\\,-,.,+,|, ,,";

and in design

<mx:TextArea id="MyTextArea" width="160" restrict="{restrict_}"/>

but still it is not working fine ...


infact my point is to allow all the character except (#) and (&) , since they
couse problems if passed throw URL ...

any idea pleas

[peterent]

Use restrict_:String = "^#&";

The ^ at the start of the string means to allow all characters except those that follow. In this case, # and &.

[ntsiii]

Ah, cool, I did not know that!

I was going to suggest you escape() your url string instead of restricting the
characters. excape() converts all non-alpha-numeric characters into URL-safe
encoding.

Tracy

[Salem_]

thanks peterent .. your idea is much easier that i thought
..

but for our information can you give us more details about your idea ntsiii
(escape() )??

thansk you peterent , ... and thanks in advance ntsiii

[ntsiii]

escape() is a built-in Actionscript (and Javascript) function.

See the documentation for details.

Tracy