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spankmeh..
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 tough textbox question Hello,
How can I prevent a user from pasting information into a textbox? I
have a very standard user information form (e.g., name, address, etc.)
and have pretty much covered my bases, but I can't seem to figure this
out.
Thanks,
SMH
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| Thu, 17 Apr 2003 22:31:52 GMT |
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Jack R. Voltz (Pirate Pe
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tough textbox question
schreibt:
Quote: > Hello, > How can I prevent a user from pasting information into a textbox? I
> have a very standard user information form (e.g., name, address, etc.)
> and have pretty much covered my bases, but I can't seem to figure this
> out.
user from changing the text in the textbox.
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| Fri, 18 Apr 2003 00:54:52 GMT |
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Dave
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tough textbox question Have you tried setting the Locked property to True?
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Quote: > Hello, > How can I prevent a user from pasting information into a textbox? I
> have a very standard user information form (e.g., name, address, etc.)
> and have pretty much covered my bases, but I can't seem to figure this
> out.
> Thanks,
> SMH
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| Fri, 18 Apr 2003 01:12:12 GMT |
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Ja
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tough textbox question
Pete))'s wild thoughts were released on Sun, 29 Oct 2000
16:54:52 GMT bearing the following fruit:
Quote:
>schreibt: >> Hello,
>> How can I prevent a user from pasting information into a textbox? I
>> have a very standard user information form (e.g., name, address, etc.)
>> and have pretty much covered my bases, but I can't seem to figure this
>> out.
>Sett the TextBox's "Locked" property to True. This will prevent the
>user from changing the text in the textbox.
Surely, the user wouldn't be able to type anything into the
textbox either?
I guess you could do it with subclassing but I'm not the one
to explain subclassing.
<SNIP EXCESSIVE SIG>
J
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| Fri, 18 Apr 2003 16:54:17 GMT |
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emun..
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tough textbox question Why would you want to stop a user from pasting text into a textbox?
- Jim
Quote:
> Hello, > How can I prevent a user from pasting information into a textbox? I
> have a very standard user information form (e.g., name, address, etc.)
> and have pretty much covered my bases, but I can't seem to figure this
> out.
> SMH
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| Fri, 18 Apr 2003 23:04:15 GMT |
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Randy Barro
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tough textbox question Quote:
> Hello,
> How can I prevent a user from pasting information into a textbox? I
> have a very standard user information form (e.g., name, address, etc.)
> and have pretty much covered my bases, but I can't seem to figure this
> out.
Hi SMH-
Just an untested theory, but how about clearing the contents of the
Clipboard whenever the Textbox has focus?
That way, users could still type into the UNLOCKED textbox, but any
pasting would result in a blank.
Worth a try at least...just make sure that the textbox is not the
default focus item when the form is loaded.
Or, maybe you could set a static flag to indicate whether it's been
cleared, so you don't get stuck in a loop.
Private Sub Text1_GotFocus()
If Clipboard.GetText(vbCFText) <> "" Then
Clipboard.Clear
End If
End Sub
Later,
Randy Barrow
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| Fri, 18 Apr 2003 23:21:24 GMT |
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spankmeh..
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tough textbox question Randy,
Damn good idea! It worked. Thanks a bunch.
SMH
Quote:
> > Hello,
> > How can I prevent a user from pasting information into a textbox? I
> > have a very standard user information form (e.g., name, address,
etc.)
> > and have pretty much covered my bases, but I can't seem to figure
this
> > out.
> Hi SMH-
> Just an untested theory, but how about clearing the contents of the
> Clipboard whenever the Textbox has focus?
> That way, users could still type into the UNLOCKED textbox, but any
> pasting would result in a blank.
> Worth a try at least...just make sure that the textbox is not the
> default focus item when the form is loaded.
> Or, maybe you could set a static flag to indicate whether it's been
> cleared, so you don't get stuck in a loop.
> Private Sub Text1_GotFocus()
> If Clipboard.GetText(vbCFText) <> "" Then
> Clipboard.Clear
> End If
> End Sub
> Later,
> Randy Barrow
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| Sat, 19 Apr 2003 01:11:30 GMT |
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Doug Ros
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tough textbox question Quote: > Damn good idea! It worked. Thanks a bunch.
What happens if the text box already has the focus, the user copies text
from another app, and then returns to your app and pastes it in? If the
clipboard is only cleared when the text box gets the focus, this will get
around the solution.
Besides, this is a non-standard windows programming technique. If you were
to release your app, users would be wondering why the graphics data they
copied from a paint program disappears when they go to your rogue text box
and then back to the paint program (I know this is hypothetical, but it
could, and will happen). More likely, they will think it is a bug in
Windows itself because they have no idea that your text box clears the
clipboard.
You can use the KeyPress event to trap Ctrl+X, C and V, but I'm not sure
about Shift+Insert, Shift+Delete and Ctrl+Insert.
Anyway, the proper solution may be long and tedious, but is worth it in the
long run.
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| Sat, 19 Apr 2003 03:13:18 GMT |
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German Je
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tough textbox question Quote: >> Damn good idea! It worked. Thanks a bunch. >What happens if the text box already has the focus, the user copies text
>from another app, and then returns to your app and pastes it in? If the
>clipboard is only cleared when the text box gets the focus, this will get
>around the solution.
>Besides, this is a non-standard windows programming technique. If you were
>to release your app, users would be wondering why the graphics data they
>copied from a paint program disappears when they go to your rogue text box
>and then back to the paint program (I know this is hypothetical, but it
>could, and will happen). More likely, they will think it is a bug in
>Windows itself because they have no idea that your text box clears the
>clipboard.
>You can use the KeyPress event to trap Ctrl+X, C and V, but I'm not sure
>about Shift+Insert, Shift+Delete and Ctrl+Insert.
>Anyway, the proper solution may be long and tedious, but is worth it in the
>long run.
Public Blah As String
Private Sub Text1_Change()
If Len(Text1.Text) > Len(Blah) + 1 Then
Text1.Text = Blah
Text1.SelStart = Len(Blah) + 1
Else
Blah = Text1.Text
End If
End Sub
This works on the assumption that you can't normally type more than one
character at a time. (But, of course, this won't work if there's only one
character on the clipboard...) :-)
Jeremiah
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| Mon, 21 Apr 2003 08:15:23 GMT |
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emun..
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tough textbox question Huh? You want to deliberately destroy the user's data without warning
and without confirmation? No wonder VB programmers get such a bad rap.
- Jim
Quote:
> > Hello,
> > How can I prevent a user from pasting information into a textbox? I
> > have a very standard user information form (e.g., name, address,
etc.)
> > and have pretty much covered my bases, but I can't seem to figure
this
> > out.
> Hi SMH-
> Just an untested theory, but how about clearing the contents of the
> Clipboard whenever the Textbox has focus?
> That way, users could still type into the UNLOCKED textbox, but any
> pasting would result in a blank.
> Worth a try at least...just make sure that the textbox is not the
> default focus item when the form is loaded.
> Or, maybe you could set a static flag to indicate whether it's been
> cleared, so you don't get stuck in a loop.
> Private Sub Text1_GotFocus()
> If Clipboard.GetText(vbCFText) <> "" Then
> Clipboard.Clear
> End If
> End Sub
> Later,
> Randy Barrow
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