Insert an additional character to a text field value

[Former Community Member]

How do I make a function to insert a character into the middel of a text?

I want something like this:

The user types “999999AAAA” and leaves the field.

A messagebox asks “did you mean 999999-AAAA?”, the users choose “yes” and a hyphen is inserted in the text.

I have made a regex to look for the “999999AAAA” and a messagebox but how can I change the field value to have a dash in the middle?

var myRegex = /\d{6}[a-zA-Z]{4}/;
if (this.rawValue != null || this.rawValue != ''){ 
    if (this.rawValue.match(myRegex)){
        var nChoice = xfa.host.messageBox("Did you mean 999999-AAAA?", "Messagebox title",2,2);
        if (nChoice === 4)
        {
            Some function to add the hyphen
        }
        if (nChoice === 3)
        {
        xfa.host.setFocus(nextField);
        }
    }
}

Regards,

Kirstine

[Niall_O_Donovan]

Hi Kirstine,

Could use just specify a display pattern in Designer?

Have a look at this example for changing the display patern at runtime: http://assure.ly/fRtTyB. You could incorporate this in your if/else statement.

Hope that helps,

Niall

[Former Community Member]

I could, if I was shure the input always would match that pattern but I can’t be. Most inputs will match the pattern 999999-AAAA but the field should be open for all other input patterns as well.

[Niall_O_Donovan]

Okay,

Try this Display Pattern:

text{999999-AAAA}|text{XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX}

This should work automatically without script.

Niall

[Former Community Member · Accepted solution]

I found a useful script here which made it posible for me to make the function I wanted.

var myRegex = /\d{6}[a-zA-Z]{4}/;

if (this.rawValue != null || this.rawValue != '')
    if (this.rawValue.match(myRegex)){ 
        var nChoice = xfa.host.messageBox("Did you mean 999999-AAAA?", "Messagebox title",2,2);
  if (nChoice === 4)
  {
   function isEmpty(str) {
   if(str == null || str.length == 0) {
    return true;
   }
   return false;
   }
   try
   {
   var vEID = this.rawValue;
   if (!isEmpty(vEID)){
   this.rawValue = vEID.substr(0,6)+"-"+vEID.substr(6).toUpperCase();
   }
   }
   catch(e){
   app.alert(e)
   }
   xfa.host.setFocus(nextField); 
   }
  if (nChoice === 3)
  {
  
        xfa.host.setFocus(nextField);
  }
    }
}