Creating text fields

When creating text fields, how do I get the cursor to print on the line instead of far above the line?

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Dynamically created text field doesn't appear when imported

Greetings,
I have 2 issues regarding dynamically created text fields.
What I'm trying to do is to create a text field inside a swf file,
then import that swf into another file. The main problem is, the
text field is created and displayed perfectly when i execute the
first swf, but when i try to import the whole thing into another
file, the text is not displayed.
I have to point out that, when I add "stage" before the
addChildAt command, the text appears, but I don't want the
coordinates of the text box depending on it's location on the
stage.
The second problem is, I want the scroll buttons to appear if
the text is longer than the text box, however they appear no matter
what. I trace the values and they are correct, so I can't really
understand why they keep appearing.
Thank you very much for your help.

The same thing is happening to me and it is starting to get annoying. I too am using Chrome and I think that might just be part of the issue. I am running a Macbook Pro 2010 13". Any insight on this would be helpful. Sorry I don't have a solution, but know that your not alone in dealing eith this issue.

AS3: How to get height of a dynamically created text field

I am importing text from an XML file and want the lines of text to display in separate text fields beneath each other. How can I set the y value of each succeeding text field so that there is some space (40 pixels or so) from the above field, regardless of the length of the text? Here is my current code. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
var textArray:Array = new Array();
for (var i:int; i <myXML.TOPIC[0].QUERY.length(); i++) {
var textField:TextField = new TextField();
textField.htmlText = myXML.TOPIC[0].QUERY[i].QUESTION;
textField.x = 100;
//below is my problem....I want the y value to be based on the height of all the previous text fields that have been created
textField.y = 100+(40*i);
textField.border = true;
textField.width = 800;
textField.textColor = 0x000000;
textField.multiline = true;
textField.wordWrap = true;
textField.selectable = false;
addChild(textField);
textArray.push(textField);

There's nothing wrong with the approach you took... retain it as is. What I was suggesting is basically the same, just a slightly different angle that doesn't need the conditional....
var currentY:Number = 100;
for (var j:int = 0; j <myXML.TOPIC[0].QUERY.length(); j++) {
   textArray[j].y = currentY;
    // text gets added somewhere in here
    currentY = currentY+textArray[j].height+5;

Dynamically created Text field inside of empty Movieclip

Hi there.
My goal is to have a button that, when clicked, an empty
movieclip is created and a text field is attached to it.
I could write it easily if the newly created instance names
where hard coded, the problem comes with the syntax to generate
them dynamically.
Here's the code i have so far:
ActionScript Code:
button.onRelease = function() {
createText();
var count:Number = 1;
createText = function () {
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("placeholder"+count,this.getNextHighestDepth());
this["placeholder"+count].createTextField("my_txt"+count,
this.getNextHighestDepth(), 100, 100, 100, 100); count++;
After that's done i still need to assign a text value to the
text field, which i have no clue on how to do it...
In other words I want to accomplish something like:
placeholder[count].my_txt[count].text = "my text";
I hope it's not confusing... Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks in advance!

if your createText() function isn't working the way you want
check your use of "this" and "_root". if they're not the same,
you're not referencing your newly created movieclip correctly. and
your textfield depth isn't what you really want, but it should work
ok.

How to create text fields & assign values form sql in ADF

Hi all,
I am new to oracle ADF,
i want know how to create text fileds and how to assign the values to those fields from plsql.
Regards
Prakash

http://technology.amis.nl/blog/3315/creating-an-adf-application-based-on-plsql-api-part-one-reading-data-as-a-collection-of-sql-type-objects
Hope this will help.
~Krithika

Dynamically create Text Fields

hi,
i hav a form which contains 2 radio buttons.
...If v click one radio button, a text field should be displayed and should contain information returned by view object.
...If v click another radio button, the previous text field should not appear and new text firld should appear and should contain information returned by another view object...
.....can anyone say how can this b done?....

To make a textfield programmatically you can use something like this:
    public CoreOutputText createOutputText(String text) {
        CoreOutputText label = (CoreOutputText)FacesContext.
                getCurrentInstance().getApplication().
                createComponent(CoreOutputText.COMPONENT_TYPE);
        label.setValue(text);
        //System.out.println("label id = " +label.getId()); //TEMP
        return label;
    }I put that method in a UIComponentFactory class. To add the created OutputText to your PanelPage for instance you do:
CoreOutputText output = UIComponentFactory.getInstance().createOutputText();
getPanelPage().getChildren().add(output);Like this you add the output text to the the children of the panelpage.
To remove the output again you can use getPanelPage().getChildren().remove(output);

Creating Text Field into a MovieClip

I create a TextField into a MovieClip but it doesn't appear
to be inside. When I move the MovieClip , the textField should move
wherever the "father" MovieClip goes. But it doesn't happend. It
stays outside the movieclip in the _root.
NOTE: "Ventana" is a Class that creates a floating window.
Parameters into the class are: width, height,movieClip
container,Title,parent of the movieClip container, and a number of
the window.
Thank you

It didn't work.
But my question could be:
Can I do this:
function Ventana(w,h,my_mc,title,parent,i) {
this.miVentana.cuerpo.fondo.attachMovie(my_mc,"Componente",n+1000);
what does it mean ? I am sending my_mc as a parameter to the
Class Ventana, and my_mc is a movieclip that will have the content
(whatever, a square, a circle, text ,etc) of each window. It is
correct to use the method "attachMovie" and my_mc as a parameter or
my_mc must be in the library ???
thank you

How to create a text field in Oracle apps11i Forms.

Hi Guru's
I have the following requirement to modifiy the PO Receiving screen in Oracle apps 11i,
1. An additional field (No. of Items to recive) need to be created to the “PO Receiving” screen of Oracle apps 11i .
2. Once user mentioned the po num, PO Line Num and quantity in the newly created text field and when he/she click on the Find Button , the receipt lines (lines should be as many as the quantity mentioned in the newly created field) should be create in the receipt screen
Please let me know if this can be achived through Form Personalization or is there any other approach?
Thanks,
Mustaq.

Mustaq,
First and foremost; never under any circumstance should you modify an Oracle EBS form. This is a violation of the EBS License Agreement. Oracle has provided methods of capturing data that is not part of a form. I suggest you dig through the Oracle Applications Documentation and read up on using Descriptive Flex-Fields (DFF).
Also, Francois is right. For this type of question, the General EBS Discussion forum is the best place to post this question.
Craig...

Need help creating actionListener for an array of text fields

I am working on a school project, so I am very new to Java. I have a program which is basically a unit converter. Each unit type has its own tab. I was able to dynamically create text fields in each tab and now I need to add actionListener to each of those text fields. Probelm is, the text fields are not really unique. I guess they're only unique within their tab. So now I am having difficulty referring to my text fields. If you look at my actionListener in the code below, I am trying to refer to it as unitTFs[0].getText() and that's not working. Please help. Thanks in advance.
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class UnitConverter extends JPanel
public UnitConverter()
String[] lengthUnits = {"cm","m","inch","feet","yard","mile"};
String[] areaUnits = {"m2","a","feet2","yd2","Acre","ha"};
String[] massUnits = {"g","kg","ton","ounce","pound"};
String[] volumeUnits = {"liter","m3","inch3","feet3","Gallon","Barrel"};
String[] tempUnits = {"C","F"};
ImageIcon lengthICN = new ImageIcon("java-swing-tutorial.JPG");
ImageIcon areaICN = new ImageIcon("java-swing-tutorial.JPG");
ImageIcon massICN = new ImageIcon("java-swing-tutorial.JPG");
ImageIcon volumeICN = new ImageIcon("java-swing-tutorial.JPG");
ImageIcon tempICN = new ImageIcon("java-swing-tutorial.JPG");
JTabbedPane tabPaneJTP = new JTabbedPane();
JPanel lengthPNL = tabContents(lengthUnits);
tabPaneJTP.addTab("Length", lengthICN, lengthPNL);
tabPaneJTP.setSelectedIndex(0);
JPanel areaPNL = tabContents(areaUnits);
tabPaneJTP.addTab("Area", areaICN, areaPNL);
JPanel massPNL = tabContents(massUnits);
tabPaneJTP.addTab("Mass", massICN, massPNL);
JPanel volumePNL = tabContents(volumeUnits);
tabPaneJTP.addTab("Volume", volumeICN, volumePNL);
JPanel tempPNL = tabContents(tempUnits);
tabPaneJTP.addTab("Temperature", tempICN, tempPNL);
//Add the tabbed pane to this panel.
setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 1));
add(tabPaneJTP);
protected JPanel tabContents(String[] units)
JPanel tabPNL = new JPanel();
JTextField[] unitTFs = new JTextField[units.length];
JLabel[] unitLs = new JLabel[units.length];
for (int i = 0; i < units.length; i++)
unitTFs[i] = new JTextField("0");
unitLs[i] = new JLabel(units);
tabPNL.add(unitTFs[i]);
tabPNL.add(unitLs[i]);
tabPNL.setLayout(new GridLayout(units.length, 1));
return tabPNL;
private class CmHandler implements ActionListener
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
double cm, m;
cm = Double.parseDouble(unitTFs[0].getText());
public static void main(String[] args)
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Unit Converter Demo");
frame.getContentPane().add(new UnitConverter(), BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.setSize(500, 500);
frame.setVisible(true);

Variables only have scope in the method (or block) in which they are created. That means if you create a variable in one function, you can't use it in another.
If you want to use a variable in two different functions, you have to make it a member variable.
[Declaring Member Variables|http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/javaOO/variables.html]

How to submit page by hitting "enter" in a text field - Solution

Hi,
I had this problem yesterday and thought it may come in handy for others who run into the same issue.
My page had 2 text fields. Upon hitting enter in either of the boxes I wanted the page to submit. When only 1 text field was present it worked, however once the second field was added this stopped working.
After reading a bit (http://ppewww.ph.gla.ac.uk/~flavell/www/formquestion.html) I fount that "When there is only one single-line text input field in a form, the user agent should accept Enter in that field as a request to submit the form.". This would explain why it worked with only 1 field, but not with 2.
After doing some testing I found that to make it work with 2 or more text fields, I needed to add a submit button. This is not the same as a button in APEX. In APEX "button" just has a onClick call to a submit function. You need a native HTML submit button.
In order to do that I created text field. Deleted the label, and set the static value to "Search" (this was for my search application). In the page attributes I added the following:
< script language="JavaScript1.1" type="text/javascript">
document.getElementById("P1_SEARCH_SUBMIT").type="submit";
< / script >
Note: I added extra spaces in the tags so they would display properly.
This function changes the button type to submit.
Now when I have 2 or more text forms it submits when I hit enter in either one.
Martin

Hi,
Set the Source Used: Only when current value in session state is null in Edit Page Item.
Regards,
Kartik Patel
http://patelkartik.blogspot.com/
http://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=9904351712:1

Adding a new text field in Shopping Cart screen

Hi,
I am new to SRM and I am working on SRM 5.0
My requirement is to add a text field for buyer's note with unlimited length similar to Approver's note in Shopping Cart screen.
I have seen in the forum that many have done this earlier and i need step by step procedure to complete this task.
I am able to create text field in Text Schema, but this field is not reflecting in shopping cart screen. Do i need to do any thing extra apart from maintaining in Text schema?
Can you please send the detailed procedure to do this task?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Vamsee

Hi Saritha,
Thank you for your help. In fact, i have gone through this link and followed the steps there. But, the Text ID is not reflecting in my shopping cart.
We are using SRM 5.0. The requirement is to add a new text field with unlimited length similar to the existing Approveru2019s note field in Shopping Cart screen at header level.
I have followed the steps mentioned below.
1.Go to SRM IMGSRM Server->Cross-Application Basic Settings->Text Schema
2.Execute Define Text Types and then select the entry BBP_PD Text Object and click on Text Type.
Here, create new entry for ID as ZHTXT and Description and save it.
3.Execute Define Text Schema and then select the existing Text Schema SC ( Shopping Cart) and click on Texts for Schema.
Here, assign the newly created Text ID with details Header/Item etc.
4.I am not executing the last step Define Fixed Values for Texts, as the Text Schema SC is already assigned Transaction Type Transaction Type SHC.
Please suggest do I need to perform any extra steps apart from Text Schema to reflect the Text ID which I created in my Shopping cart screen? Or do we need to code anything on ITS side?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Vamsee

Text fields combining when PDF is saved and reopened

This has been a source of great frustration for not just me, but my coworkers working on the same documents. I individually create text fields in a spreadsheet/table format either initially in MS Word and converting to PDF, or create them in Acrobat while editing the document.
After I save the document and open it later to edit, the text fields are combined arbitrarily, usually close or touching fields are combined, such as parts of a column, but sometimes single letters from other fields get combined. At the same time, some other text fields will sometimes get split into individual rows.
Beyond looking messy when I want to edit these fields, the main problem i have in these cases is that whenever i try to edit these now combined text fields, the text and/or format of the field will get jumbled, thus making it impossible to edit.
Anyone else had this problem or know how to prevent it?

Hi - yes Iv'e tried in in several events inc 'Initialize' anbd 'Layout Ready', 'Doc Ready' - just cant seem to get it to work.
Here is the troublesome portion of the form, if you add some impact ratings the color will change, then save and close the form, reopen and the color formatting is lost
Dropbox - BIA Impacts for forum.pdf
Any help appreciated
Thanks
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I think that this is a bug in text field!

Hi!
Steps:
1.create Frame
2.create text field (textFieldTest1) and add in frame
3.create text field (textFieldTest2) and add in frame.
4. show frame
5.enter some text in textFieldTest1 and stay here.
6.Minimize frame.
7.Open again frame
8.The caret is invisible in textFieldTest1. I double click in textFieldTest1 but caret don't show. I can enter text again in textFieldTest1 but caret is invisible. I press left and right arrows in textFieldTest1 and enter text, but caret is invisible.It's very confuse.
9.Click mouse in textFieldTest2
10.Click mouse in textFieldTest1 and caret is now visible.
I think that this is a bug in swing.
What are think about this?
Thank you.

I meant for you to include code that I could cut and paste and execute to see if I had the same problem on my machine. I had to play with the code you gave to get it to compile. Make it easy for me to test. Anyway I did get it to compile and again it did work for me. here is the code I ended up testing:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
public class Main extends JFrame
     public Main()
super("Time");
setBounds(300, 200, 400, 200);
Container cont = this.getContentPane();
cont.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
setDefaultCloseOperation(this.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JTextField textField1 = new JTextField(10);
cont.add(textField1);
cont.add(new JLabel("label1"));
JTextField textField2 = new JTextField(10);
cont.add(textField2);
cont.add(new JLabel("label2"));
setVisible(true);
     public static void main(String[] args)
          JFrame frame = new Main();

CreateTextField and _height: Problem with Placement of Text Fields

I'm using createTextField to create several text fields
dynamically. I'm also using an external XML file and a style sheet
to populate the text fields.
My problem is that I'm trying to position the various text
fields on the page so that they are spaced evenly on the page
(regardless of how much content they might contain). I'm trying to
use _height of the prior text fields to place subsequent text
fields, but I'm getting very inconsistent results. When I trace the
value of _height, I get differing results, even if I don't actually
change any of the parameters. So, the question is...is there a way
for Flash to get the height of a dynamically created text field
that's populated via an exteral XML file and using CSS? I know
that's asking a lot, but I'm trying to avoid using scroll bars if
at all possible.
Thanks for any pointers.
Bill

i assume you're using multiline textifields with a fixed
width and autoSize="left".
flash will report the correct _height of your textfields IF
you access the _height property after your htmlText has been
assigned to your textfield. ie, you're probably seeing inconsistant
results because you're not waiting until all data needed to
populate your textfield has loaded.

How can we add Text field on system form which is updateable?

Hi Experts
I Want to create text field on System Form like A/R Invoice, in which I can store value after saving the document. I means Updateable field. Is it possible and How?
Thanks
Regards
Gorge

Hi Gorge,
Please follow Jeyakanthan instructions. You may know how to create a UDF but you clealy don't understant how they work.
A UDF in the System document's Title table is always updatable, unless you define it otherwise or do not have permission to update it (Open the form where you created the UDFs and press CTRL + ALT + B to open the definitions form).
A UDF in the System document's Rows table is always updatable ONLY if that document's rows are updatable AND if you set them as updatable (via Form Settings) and have permission.
On a User Form, you make your own rules!
Regards,
Vítor Vieira

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