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Yes / No / Blank display pattern anyone.

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2010-09-29 12:32:18
zbrd
Registered: Nov 17 2008
Posts: 11
Answered

Does anyone have a display pattern for a text field that will only allow:
Y
N
' ' (blank)
 
I sure can't figure out how to do it in LiveCycle 8.
 
WindowsXP, Acrobat LiveCycle 8.
 
Thanks in advance

My Product Information:
LiveCycle Designer, Windows
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2010-10-13 00:30:09
#1
radzmar
Expert
Registered: Nov 3 2008
Posts: 1202
Such things cannot be realized by a pattern.
Therefore you need something like a regular expression.
You can use a script like this in the change event of the field
  1. if(xfa.event.newText.match(/[^NY\.]/))
  2. {
  3.  xfa.event.change = "";
  4. }

Or simply use a dropdown box for this purpose.

radzmar
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2010-09-29 13:16:57
#2
zbrd
Registered: Nov 17 2008
Posts: 11
Thanks, I was going crazy trying every combination trying to make it work.

So where do I put this "event" on the exit event of the field ?
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2010-09-29 13:18:48
#3
radzmar
Expert
Registered: Nov 3 2008
Posts: 1202
Put it into the change event!
It will cause that the users can only type in N or Y, nothing else.

radzmar
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Documents you need:
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