"Tiago Simões" <kaos@netcabo.pt> wrote in message
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> hello.
>
>
> I'm trying to force only the use of Uppercase characters in an input
> textfield. That would be easy to do with an addListerner object + onChange
> event.
>
> However I would like a way to retrieve into a variable the text input by
the
> user [uppercase and lowercase] while visually maintaining the Uppercase
only
> characters.
>
> Is there a way?
>
> thanks,
> T.
>
>
>

"Jack" <jackleaman@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Tiago Simões" <kaos@netcabo.pt> wrote in message
> news:bv43pb$c8m$2@forums.macromedia.com...
> > hello.
> >
> >
> > I'm trying to force only the use of Uppercase characters in an input
> > textfield. That would be easy to do with an addListerner object +
onChange
> > event.
> >
> > However I would like a way to retrieve into a variable the text input by
> the
> > user [uppercase and lowercase] while visually maintaining the Uppercase
> only
> > characters.
> >
> > Is there a way?
> >
> > thanks,
> > T.
> >
> >
> >
>
> hope this helps you on your way,
>
> arr = [];
> selection.setFocus(inp1);
>
> inp1.onChanged = function(field){
> str = inp1.text;
> arr.push(str.charAt(str.length-1));
> trace(arr);
> inp1.text = inp1.text.toUpperCase();
> trace(inp1.text);
> };
>
> //btn.onPress = function(){ // or
> inp1.onKillFocus = function(inp2){
> newStr = "";
> for(var n=0;n!=arr.length;n++){
> newStr += arr[n];
> trace(newStr);
> }
> };
>
>