[futurebasic] Re: [FB] Filter Answer

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From: "Chip G." <n1mie@...>
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 21:12:53 -0500
At 19:01 -0500 02/15/03, Ken Shmidheiser wrote:
>1. I would suspect that most numerically-filtered edit fields will 
>be limited to a certain amount of input characters. This adds a new 
>dimension which may best be solved with a parameter block, 
>particularly in a program where one edit field my be limited to 10 
>characters, and another to 15, etc.

I prefer to handle this with a simple sanity check before performing 
the calculation rather than the character filter. In my case I'm 
dealing with Radio Frequency stuff, so I can handle a HUGE range of 
values and be valid.

>2. The forward delete key is not enabled.

hmmm. I'm not sure I've even got one on this laptop to test it out. 
But it'd be nice to have.

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-- Chip <mailto:n1mie@...>