No spaces allowed in entry

[DKinsley]

I have a textfield that the user types in a part number. I want to prevent them from having a space in any part of the part number they enter. If they enter a space anywhere in the part number, an error message appears telling them to use an underscore (_) instead of a space.

How do I script this in JavaScript?

[dcidev · Accepted solution]

Put this in the change event of the field:

if (xfa.event.change==" "){
 xfa.host.messageBox("No spaces allowed");
 xfa.event.change="";
}

or even try this:

if (xfa.event.change==" "){
 xfa.event.change="_";
}

Kyle

[DKinsley]

That works great! Thanks so much Kyle.

-Don

[Mandy_Wiesener]

This script allowed each number (e.g. 0,1, 2..) and each character (e.g. a,b, c, A, B, ..) and each special character (e.g. ; : _ § % &).

Not allowed is a space.

if(xfa.event.newText.match(/[/\s]/)) 

{

xfa.event.change = "";

}

I hope it was also helpull for you,

Mandy

[DKinsley]

Yes, thank you. The script Kyle provided also allows special characters ( _ , –  , (), etc... but not a space.

[Mandy_Wiesener]

You are right. I saw and tried only the second version and thought you need something without _

Kind regards Mandy

[DKinsley]

Thanks Mandy. I appreciated your input and reply!

Thanks,

-Don

[Mandy_Wiesener]

Hi Don,

You're welcome.