Text Input Help!

Hello, I have a couple questions when it comes to using text input:
After typing into a text input component, how can I get the cursor to disappear?? If I click outside it, that doesn't work. If I press enter, that doesn't work. If I click a custom component, that doesn't work. Is clicking a wireframe component, like a button or a data list, the only way?
Is there a way to make text input connected? For example, say I have a text input component and a search button. If I type "dog" into the text input and click search, a box appears that displays the results. Could I make it say "Your search for <blank> returned 5 results" where <blank> is whatever I just typed (in this case, "dog")?
Thanks!

Hi Sponce,
1) You are correct. Once a component has focus (i.e. the cursor), the only way for it to lose focus is for another component to gain focus. You can work around this with some programming, but you can't do it in FC. This actually seems wrong to me, so I'm going to file an enhancement request about it.
2) There is no way to do this in the current version of FC. (But of course, you can code it if you're willing to go to Flash Builder). We certainly hope to add it in the future. How would you imagine that working?
-Adam

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Hi,
After running some updates yesterday, the "show text input options" is no longer available in the options. Neither can I select suretype when writing a message. Would appreciate some help.
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Had to re-boot after removing an application and everything back to normal! What bugs me is that my service provider tech never brought up a re-boot but rather wanted me to delete all my data and start all over!

Conditional for a text input box NOT being null? Sorry for asking so many questions!

Okay, here's the situation. I'm creating a simulation of a form on which there are several text input boxes, 7 of which are mandatory fields. I know I can use a conditional to check whether the box has nothing in it by creating a null variable with no value and doing "if [box variable] is equal to [null variable] then", but the problem is that the validation captions I need to show need to be shown in order, that is to say that the caption for entering a value for the first box will always be shown if that box is null regardless of the contents of other boxes, the second will be shown if that one is null and the first one isn't etc.
When I was investigating this I noticed a post by Lilybiri saying that comparison with a null variable doesn't work for "not equal to" so I'm having a hard time figuring out how to show the captions based on priority. For example, to show the second caption I need to not only check whether the second box variable is null, but also whether the first one isn't.
It gets pretty crazy further along the line where I get to the 7th mandatory field and need to check whether the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth boxes are NOT null and whether the 7th one IS. Help!
I did come up with one potential solution to this prior to posting: if I set a different advanced action for each input box losing focus which checks whether the variable is null and if so sets a "flag" variable to 0, and in the else set it to 1, I imagine I can then replace the "not equal to" with a check to that flag variable being equal to 1 (which means there is text in the box). I think this will work but I thought I'd check to see if there's an easier way first.

No it DOESN'T require everything to be on one slide. It just has to LOOK as if that's what it is.
I would suggest that it doesn't really matter how many Captivate slides are involved in the final solution, as long as it works the same way (or as close as possible) to the original software that you are simulating. Your users don't frankly know or care how you achieved the simulation. I guarantee they won't be thinking of you or Captivate.
In my experience, you can make creating elearning a lot more difficult than it needs to be in Captivate by trying to rebuild the app, rather than just simulating how it works. For example, thinking that if everything happened on one web page or screen in the app then it must also happen on a single slide in Captivate. The fact of the matter is IT DOESN'T need to work this way. And in some cases it might even be impossible to reproduce in Captivate this way.
So the quickest path to a solution is often to use multiple slides, which has the advantage of allowing you to "fix" certain things on screen (e.g. the contents of fields already visited) by using READ ONLY variable output in transparent captions, focusing only on one element of the interface that the user can interact with on that slide. It doesn't necessarily prevent you from moving back and forth between elements, just as you can in the original app. But it is far easier to create and maintain.
I'm not saying you wouldn't be able to pull this off on one slide in Captivate, but it is going to require a LOT of variables and Advanced Actions to build and debug. So the term Rapid Elearning becomes something of a misnomer if it takes you a long time to complete one slide.

Text Input Autocomplete

How do you make a text input control behave like a normal web
form control that displays suggestion as you type in the control.
I'm sure Flex can do this I am apparently looking in the wrong
places. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much!
curtkauf

The Adobe site has an Exchange section where there are many
flex components, some are free, some are not.
Here's one that does what you need
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&loc=en_us&extid=1340 018

Text Input: How To Perform Procedure on Console Input Without Variables

Problem Defined:
Need to analyze text input on console to ensure it meets conditional statements before assigning to a variable.
I can't find a method to take scanner input from the console without first assigning it to a variable. I don't want to assign it to a variable unless it meets a certain condition.
This is for a class assignment and I must use the console for input--no dialog boxes.
This is what I want to do:
Read Input; Hold In Memory; Test if Null; Test if Length is 14 Digits; Assign to Acct if All Conditions Are Met
If Null, tell the user he needs to actually enter input or q to quit. Exit after five failures.
If input is not equal to 14 digits, inform user. Offer escape with q. Exit after five failures.
I only know how to assign a value to a variable from the various methods that take input. How do I take input and store it in memory to analyze without assigning it to a variable?
I have this and the code is probably not correct. I'm a rank newbie. I've written several programs, but they're all basic, mostly using only the methods I learned in class and what I pulled out of books. My prof doesn't even intend on going over if, for and while! She's happy with us just copying verbatim and editing one or two lines so the source isn't exactly what she wrote on the board. I'm trying to learn how to do things that I know are useful, like making sure input is in the proper format, asking questions like what did people use before scanner just gets me blank responses with a quizzical look, but no answer.
new Scanner = console scanner (system.in);
String Acct
Acct = console.next();
if Acct == null . You entered nothing. Try again or press q to exit.");
return to Line 1 //No idea how to do this.
if Acct == 'q'
Close Program
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Enter Address: 123 Main Street Apt 321 Port View, FL 32547
123 Main Street
Apartment 121
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32547
Any help putting this together would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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805228 wrote:
How do I take input and store it in memory to analyze without assigning it to a variable?Where do you think variables are stored? In memory. So no, you're not gonna be able to do anything to the value before you assign it to a variable. Then you can do any checks you need and
possibly assign it to another variable (or more likely, ask the user for valid input if the checks don't pass).
You can use loops and other constructs to keep asking for user input until valid values are provided.
if Acct == null . You entered nothing. Try again or press q to exit.");
return to Line 1 //No idea how to do this.Read up on while loops.
Also, if you need to read an address from the console entered on one line, what methods can you use to pull one word at a time and then position them onto multiple lines?
Enter Address: 123 Main Street Apt 321 Port View, FL 32547
123 Main Street
Apartment 121
Port View FL
32547Well that depends. How do you know that the street is "123 Main Street" and not "123 Main Street Apartment" or "123 Main Street Apartment 121".
You can get the whole String from the user and then split the String into smaller Strings _if_ you can answer the question on the previous line.

Text Input/Output

I have downloaded the text input/output widget found here:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&loc=en_us&extid=1253 021
I inserted the input animation on one slide and the output
animation on another.
When I preview, the input box doesn't show up. What am I
doing wrong?
Thanks in advance for help or advice!

Hi there
Likely you are using Captivate 3 and you have upgraded your
Flash Player to version 10.
Click
here to read a thread where I believe one of he Adobe Captivate
team sheds a bit of light on the issue
Click here for an Article
and link for uninstalling Flash Player/Plug In:
Click here for an Article
and link for installing and older version of the Flash Player/Plug
In:
Version 9 should allow things to work okay with Captivate 3
Cheers... Rick

Text input boxes

How can I make text input boxes in a JApplet so I can specify there location. I want to make input boxes in certain locations on the applet.

Do you know about layout managers? If not:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/layout/using.html
If you for some reason don't trust a layout manager to do the job for you, you can specify where you want to put things yourself by doing something like this:
JApplet applet = ...
applet.getContentPane().setLayout(null); // Do not use a Layout Manager (generally a Bad Idea)
JTextField input = new JTextField();
input.setBounds(50, 75, 25, 100); // Sets the position and size of your textfield
applet.getContentPane().add(input);This is generally not recommended though, because different screen resolutions, cross-platform issues, any other things, might screw things up for you.
ps.
A little advice: try to be a little more patient the next time. You shouldn't start flaming the forum just because no one happens to answer your question within an hour . The people here are under no obligation whatsoever to help you -- they do it of their own free will in their own spare time.

Text input action AS3

I have a text input field on the timeline that I want the user to enter specific information in. When that information is correctly entered, I need the timeline to progress.
I successfully used the following AS2, but I cant find corresponding code for AS3
on (keyPress "x") {
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Any help on converting this function to AS3 is greatly appreciated.

You can use an Event.CHANGE listener for the textfield and then test its value in the event handler function to see if it agrees with the required string...
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Text Input and dataProvider

I have Text input box for the user to enter the heading for a new record in NewRecord form.
Like:
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I have another form called ChangeRecord so that the user can change the heading or Subject..
How do i populate the name already in DB in the TextInput Box above... There is no dataProvider pram in TextInput...
I have the following:
CODE
[Bindable] public var NR:ArrayCollection;
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Any help is appreciated.

Hi,
Post this over at the flex general discussions forum - they'll have better answers for this.
-Anirudh

Text input popup

I am writing a simple RSS reader app in Flex (for AIR).
I have a "change feed" button in my app. I want this to
launch a popup with text input, to take the URL as a string and
return it to my main app. This seems like something that should be
incredibly, and I'm missing something. Any help would be
apreciated.

You can create such a popup with a TitleWindow and
PopupManager:
------------ MyPopup.mxml ----------------
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<mx:TitleWindow xmlns:mx="
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.managers.PopUpManager;
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:TextInput width="200" />
<mx:Button label="Done"
click="PopUpManager.removePopUp(this);"/>
</mx:TitleWindow>
--------------------- Test.mxml ----------------------
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.managers.PopUpManager;
import mx.core.IFlexDisplayObject;
import components.MyPopup;
private function showMyPopup():void {
var helpWindow:IFlexDisplayObject =
PopUpManager.createPopUp(this, MyPopup, false);
]]>
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<mx:Button click="showMyPopup();" label="Show My
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Text input into WebTemplate and sending it to an ODS - urgent

SDNers,
I have a unique requirement. I need to take in text input on screen and then send back the same into an ODS in BW.
Something like :
Project Overrun | Text Area
20% | <Project Manager's comments>
I need to pass this on to atleast an ABAp FUnction modue so that I can do the further processing.
Heike I did see some posts by you on using the help service - could you walk me through as to how to do it. and also how to modify the onclick event.
If you can direct me to any how to paper / site also it would be useful.
Arun Varadarajan

Hi Arun,
in this scenario I wouldn't use the help service. The help service is more suited if you need to interact with your web application later on (meaning the state of the web items or data provider changes) or you need the state of a Data Provider or web item in your application. In your case it's just write something to an ODS. Why not just include a form in your Web Template. When submitting a form just call a BSP in a new window. In the BSP read the transfered parameters and do whatever you like.
Heike

Text Input Limit

Can someone please help me to find out about the text input limit on Nokia phones when writing blog posts with third-party applications like Opera Mini? I can't find it in the specifications. For example, I am interested in Nokia N70 ME but I also want to write long blog posts with it. Is the limit 5524 as with N80 or less? Please help as I need to make a decision in a few days. .
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the maximum that you can input using opera mini, in one post is 5524 characters(that is mentioned on the top).
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Text Input Dialog

Hello experts,
How to configure the Web Item: "Text Input Dialog" to show label in different languages (Language-Dependent Text) according to languages configured in user web browser?
Thanks and Regards,
Pablo Moraes

Heads up..
<b>Use</b>
The text input dialog is used to create text for certain parameters in Web items. You can enter the following text types using the dialog:
1)Language-Independent Text
2)Language-Dependent Text Stored in Object (Web Template or Reusable Web Item)
3)Language-Dependent Text Stored in Table
4)Language-Dependent Report Text (Obsolete)
<b>Integration -</b>
The text input dialog is part of the Web Application Designer and is called when you set certain Web item parameters, such as in the parameter tray, using which you can label the tray for the Web item. Using the text input dialog, you can enter the hyperlink text (parameter TEXT_CONTENT) and the quick info text (parameter TOOLTIP) for the Link Web item, for example.
<a href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/42/dbca81689a6ffce10000000a1553f6/content.htm">http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/42/dbca81689a6ffce10000000a1553f6/content.htm</a>
<a href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/d7/c4673cffbb4c34e10000000a11402f/content.htm">http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/d7/c4673cffbb4c34e10000000a11402f/content.htm</a>
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Text Input Border

I've been trying to make a text input section on my website for people to submit comments, I can get the text area to work fine and everything but instead
of it going to another line when it reaches the edge of the box it just continues horizontally instead of vertically and if i try pressing return the cursor will not go to the next line. I imagine the answer to fix this is incredibly simple but i cant seem to figure it out, any help would much appreciated!

Without seeing the design it hard to say what the 'right' solution is for this. Have you looked at the different text format types in the Properties panel. See: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flashcatalyst/cs/using/WS4bebcd66a74275c3-326fcb52123816c0204- 7ff7.html#WS4e406940d76143bd650de8681273f063bd3-8000
But there is a chance that you might need to add some code to the project to listen for various events (focus, etc).
Good luck,
Chris

Text Input question.

Hi, i'm having problems with the text input feature, i'd created a comment field but when typing it go only in one line.
I would like to know if theres any way to make alow typing in more than one line in the same text field.
Sorry for my english, thanks.

Tanya Heins wrote:
I tried out the following which resulted in an editable multi-line text field (after changing code in Flash Builder)
Created a text input in Fc and resized it to allow for multi-line display
Imported the Fc .fxp file into Fb and changed the following line of code (in src/Main.mxml) from:
<s:TextInput height="244" text="my text field." width="431" x="191" y="173"/>
to
<s:TextArea height="244" text="my text field." width="431" x="191" y="173"/>
If you now run your application from Fb, it will result in an editable multi-line text field.
Be sure to do this after you've finished layout and design of your interface in Flash Catalyst. Once you move over to Flash Builder, that's where you will be completing your application.
Hope this helps.
Tanya
I tried rezolving the problem this way but when I type in something and press enter, the text dissapears by going up, which means out of the text input field. I'm looking forward to find a solution for this problem.
Thank you!

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