I currently use these in my D3 Pages
these 2 very useful routines

These are used for "data entry applications" that use
'Internet Explorer/Netscape' as the only "client loaded software"
ie data entry accross the web (using java script for
Reformatting/validation).
or for Internal websites....

here is a test page
http://www.ultra-e.net/OCONVtest.html

I would be interested in comments and/or further development
Don Matheson

The current batch of programmers know that GOTO is an abomination, but they
don't know about "user friendly". Any user input should go through
something like what you have done. It is good to see that some of the Pick
good practices are finding their way into the main stream.
BobJ
"Don Mathx" <don (AT) ultra-e (DOT) net> wrote

"Don Mathx" <don (AT) ultra-e (DOT) net> wrote

I like it. How would we get hold of the JavaScript includes? Are
Barclay the owners? Do they intend to market the functions? Which
processing codes are catered for?

Mike.

It is Entirely my own code
If you search your Windows Temporary Internet files for "ultrae*.js"
you can read the code
No proprietry secrets with this method! which is why I might as well
publish it.
(there is a lot of stuff left out ... to implement a FULL
OCONV/ICONV reformatting/validation suite)
the code follows "Language Processing" principles + 'dirty' shortcuts
and FSA refers to 'Finite State Automaton'
the rules come from the "Avanced Pick Documentation"
Barclay is the 'first' Public Customer of mine
(ie., it is working code)
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one of the things that has a security issue is
data entry of customer ID... then validate it (locally by the
browser)
currently my thinking is to have "D3" prepared a specially blowfish
encrypted data_list <include script> which is downloaded as an
individual script
purely for validating a customer ID
the browser would only download a 'new' "customerIDvalidate"
<include script > when D3 prepared an update 'script'

I have only Implemented 'money' and 'dates'
- because they are the most usefull ones

Currently what I do is transfer the textbox(s) data back to D3
(in internal format OR external format) with the D3 filename in
a hidden textbox for writing the ITEM on the submit

PS try entering 012345.2 in the money test

Don