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FIltering what characters can be added to a text box

I have a series of text boxes on my form, and my client wants me to filter out characters that aren't allowed, for example in the name field you cannot have symbols or numbers. Now, he wants it so when you try and put in a special character it simply will not get entered into the text box. I know the logistics to this, but I'm not sure ...

C# auto highlight text in a textbox control

How do you auto highlight text in a textbox control when the control gains focus. ...

Getting Swedish characters from a textbox control

Hello! I'm getting my text from a textbox from code-behind using control.Text() but I'm not getting the proper characters, I want "ÅÄÖ". Must be some problem with the text encoding but I've already checked my encoding settings in VS. Someone?? ...

Silverlight Convert PlatformKeyCode to Character Code

Question: Is there a good way in Silverlight to intercept undesirable characters from being entered into a textbox? Background: I have a textbox which allows a user to enter a filename. I would like to exclude invalid file characters from being entered into the textbox. A few of these characters are: '?' '\' '<' '>' Although the...

For each line in selected lines (vb.net)

how can I get the lines which are have selected text in them? For example: The selected lines would be 1, 2,3 and 4 (0 being the first line) How can I get to code like: For Each line as string(or integer) in textbox1."SelectedLines" 'Do something here for each line Next Thanks ...

how to create a pdf form ? i need to insert textbox and radio button controls in it.

how to create a pdf form ? i need to insert textbox and radio button controls in it. ...

Referencing a control programatically with external source

Forgive me about the title, I have no idea what this is called. I have a MS Access database set up, with a Period field that has either values 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. I retrieve these values using a database connection and I would like to reference a particular control based on what period was grabbed from the database. Here's example code, p...

Calling a javascript function from a textbox in winforms

I have textbox in one of my forms and i want to call a javascript function from a javascript file... My code is this.txtbox.Text = ""; this.txtbox.Location = new Point(10, 20); this.txtbox.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(200, 100); this.txtbox.Multiline = true; this.Controls.Add(txtbox); this.txtbox1.Text = ""; ...

How to reference a control from a module?

Forgive me about the title, I have no idea what this is called. I have a MS Access database set up, with a Period field that has either values 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. I retrieve these values using a database connection and I would like to reference a particular control based on what period was grabbed from the database. Here's example code, p...

ASP:TextBox Value disappears in postback only when password

I have an asp.net textbox like this: <asp:TextBox ID="PINPad" runat="server" Columns="6" MaxLength="4" CssClass="PINTextClass"></asp:TextBox> It is, as you might have guessed, the text box from an on screen PIN pad. Javascript fills in the values. The page is posted back every five seconds (using an update panel if that matter...

Correct text input width for cloze

I've got a JS-generated fill-in-the-gap text/cloze and I'm having trouble adjusting the text boxes to the right size. But unlike others I'm in the position of knowing exactly what the user will/should enter. So, if I have a gap _______ like this, I want the input to be exactly 4 characters wide. However, maybe since I'm using a proport...

Binding to text box value property fails in Microsoft AJAX Client Templates beta release

The following code should bind the "value" property of the text box to the string "Test". Instead the binding expression "{{test}}" is left unparsed as the text box content. The binding expression within the sibling element is parsed correctly however. <html> <head> <title></title> <style type="text/css"> .sys-templa...

validate textbox in asp.net using onblur with __doPostBack

Public Class MyTextBox Inherits TextBox Implements IPostBackEventHandler Protected Overrides Sub OnInit(ByVal e As System.EventArgs) MyBase.OnInit(e) If Not Page.ClientScript.IsClientScriptBlockRegistered("OnBlurTextBoxEvent") Then Page.ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(MyBase.GetType, "OnBlurTextBoxEvent"...

WPF TextBox.Text with MultiBinding

Hi ! I've got Custom Control with a TextBox in the default Template. The Custom Control has these 2 dependency properties (among others): SelectedValue, NullText (text to appear in the TextBox when nothing is selected and the value is provided) I'd like to set the TextBox.Text with the NullText value when the SelectedValue null is and...

Canceling TextBox input on validation error in WPF

I'm trying to figure out how to cancel user input in a TextBox when a validation error occurs. If the user attempts to enter an invalid character I would like to prevent it from being added to the TextBox. How can I add to or modify the code below to prevent the TextBox from accepting invalid characters? Is it possible without listening...

How to grow a textbox to match size of input for data entry dynamically (ASP.NET)

Hi, I'd like to add a description field to an application that can be as long as several lines (or even paragraphs) or as short as a one-liner. Instead of taking up a lot of screen real estate or have scroll bars, it would be preferable to have the textbox grow based on its input. On IE6 adding Style="overflow-y:visible" accomplishes...

ASP.NET TextBox OnTextChanged triggered twice in Firefox

Hi I'm facing a weird problem that only happens in FF. I have a TextBox control with OnTextChanged handler. The event handler is working fine most of the time, but when the user changed the text and press Enter in FF, the OnTextChanged event is called twice. I observed the problem in Firebug that the first request is actually canceled be...

VB.NET - Weird String Error!?

Hey guys, I'm making a SIMPLE, and when I mean simple, I mean simple. But any way, I have this thing where, the person enters in a word, and it will preview a text file. I have everything setup even the text reader, but something unusual I get in my code is the "if statement". Whenever I type in the word into the textbox, it won't run t...

How to change textbox focus color?

How to change textbox focus color? I am using diffrent colored textboxes. Example dark violet, but keyboard focus is black. This is bad combination. How i can change textbox focus to gain more visual contrast? ...

Binding textboxes to properties of a comboBox.SelectedItem

I'm using winforms and I've got a comboBox that represents an IQueryable. Below the combobox is a series of textboxes that I would like to be bound to the currently selected from the combo box. Here is my code. public partial class TestForm : Form { public DataClassesDataContext DataContext; public IQueryable<T> datasource;...