Text Box Entry Validation

We have a program that once a user enters a character the cursor jumps to the next entry box, they do not have to press Enter. For example, we want the learner to type in the character 'H' for Home or 'B' for Business (or 'h' or 'b') for the type of phone number they are about to input. So as soon as they type in 'H', it immediatly takes them to the number entry box. But using a text box entry, the learner has to hit the Enter Key for a validation to take place. Is there a way for the validation to occure after the keystroke? We've played with the shortcut key, but that will only validate one of the four options...and we need it to validate H, B, h, and b. Is there a way to do this with Advanced Actions? Any help is appreciated. We are using Cp 6.

You can replace the validation by a conditional action, have showed that several times on my blog. And then you can check for more than one entry, but this is also possible with the HUD that allows you to enter several correct answers. But every action has to be triggered by an event, so this wouldn't help you because entering a character cannot be considered as an event.
Lilybiri

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I am attaching screen shots...not sure it will help.
First screenshot is the first text box entry. where the words Living room need to be typed.
Second screenshot is the next slide where I thought I should be able to move down and place an X next to Paint All. BUT as you can see I shifted the text box a bit and there is no evidence of the words Living Room.
Third screenshot is where I shifted the text entry box up slightly to see only the word living is available BUT it looks like it now wants me to click next to paint all..but at the same time waiting for the word room to populate. (Gosh I hope this makes sense)
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Thanks in advance and much appreciation any thoughts anyone can lend in sorting this issue out.
Sherrie

It is not very clear on your screenshots, but it seems to me that in the first screenshot the Text Entry Box is inactive right from the start (looked at the timeline). Same for second and fourth screenshot. Only the third one seems to have an active region for the TEB. An interactive object that is set to inactive, I believe you cannot have any interactivity. Could you check?
The entry in a TEB has to be confirmed: either by a Submit button (is not there) or by a shortcut (default is Enter). What did you choose?
You spoke about TEB spread over the entire project, that could mean that in the tab Options of the Properties of this TEB, the option 'Display for entire project' was activated in the Timing. It is here that you can change the timing, and the active/inactive time period.
Perhaps this was the explanation you needed?
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Convert text box string into integer

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my problem is i m getting following error:-
server encountered an internal error and
exception:- numberformat exception
please help me as soon as possible

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good to put try block too..
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int ammount1 = Integer.parseInt(ammount).toString();
catch(NumberFormatException e)
...}

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For more detail:
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There is a live preview /so you will see the change in case you want to pick a different gray, of course you can always go back to the recolor art dialog.
I am afraid you manually have to select text frames with multiple colors in order to accomplish what you want but the method above I believe is the only want to change the colors.
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02 Inadequate Policies and/or Procedures;01 Lack of Policies and/or Procedures;05 Inadequate Separation of Duties;10 Financial Systems Deficiency;

Hi,
Whether the values is fixed ie, you will get a string with 5 values which is :;: seperated.
If it is fixed you can use a way.
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first formula u write : Stringvar
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Sathish

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For this project I really only have four format types of user input. Integers (with min/max values), IP address, Email Address and Strings that contain no special characters. It seems that I could tag my controls as either "IP Address",
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When I try to download the Itunes for windows, I have received always the same text box: Itunessetup.exe is not a win32 valid? what does it mean, please?

When I try to download the Itunes for windows, I have received always the same text box: Itunessetup.exe is not a win32 valid? what does it mean, please? What can I do to solve it?

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Where is Hint Box for Validation Text Field widget?

I want to enter a hint for my form.
I am following the instructions on the Adobe Using Dreamweaver CS4 page for Insert and edit the Validation Text Field widget page:
<http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/10.0_Using/WSEB5440BC-453A-4101-928C-302199E7E02F. html#WS8E6EA74E-87AC-4a81-A5CC-2DB6FB451DE0a>
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There are 2 columns in a SQL report (assume 10 rows in this report). First column is an user defined attribute and second column has a text box for each user defined attribute. User can enter numbers 1 thru 10 in the text boxes for each attribute which will display these attributes on some other page in the sequence which is entered in these text boxes.
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Quiz Variable Not Tracking Text Box Responses

Hello Everyone,
I am having a problem getting the Captivate Quiz variable to track correct responses from a text box. I am using Captivate 5 and trying to make a quiz where someone will enter in data that will be validated and branch off of their responses. I have set up several text boxes, turned on validating, checked the "Include in Quiz" box and the add to total and report answers boxes. See the pic below:
I am trying to branch using an advanced action that checks the cpQuizInfoPointsscored variable and branches them based off their score. But the variable always shows 0! (I set up a text caption to display the variable as I went through to check.) Here is the weird part, I have the quiz results slide in the presentation, and IT accurately shows the results from the test boxes. But for some reason the Quiz Variable isn't tracking them! Any help??

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That was intended to be a rhetorical question. So what you really want is if the field is not blank, that there should at least be some minimum number of characters. What is the minimum number that you want to enforce? Youd probably want to use a custom validation script for this, but what exactly do you want to happen if the user only enters three characters but the minimum you want is four? Should the three characters that were entered be rejected altogether, or should the focus just be set back to the field so the user can enter more, or something else?
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2 I am not validating their information but don't want them to get past a box if they don't enter anything.
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Hi gtmatt22
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