Postal Code fields

[Former Community Member]

Hello,

Right now I have a postal code field set up to allow a certain format. Right now it will only let the user enter letters, numbers and spaces. I want to put a restriction on the field so that the user cannot enter a space in the field. I  am having problems doing this though. Below is the script I am using in the EXIT event. Please let me know if you can offer any help.

Thank you,

NikDK

if

(!(this.isNull)) {

var str = this.rawValue;

if (str.length != 6) {

xfa.host.messageBox("Please enter a six character postal code in the format A9A9A9 without spaces. The postal code must begin with R.");

}

else {

var regExp = /^([R]\d[A-Z]\d[A-Z]\d)$/i;

if (regExp.test(str)) {

str

= str.toUpperCase();

this.rawValue

= str.substring(0,3) + " " + str.substring(3,6);

}

else {

xfa.host.messageBox("Please enter the postal code in the format A9A9A9 without spaces. The postal code must begin with R.");

}

}

}

[Srini_Dhulipall · Accepted solution]

You can try placing the below code in Change event with java Script.

This will restrict the input to numbers and letters only.

if (xfa.event.change.match(/[0-9\A-Z\a-z]/) == null)
     xfa.event.change = "";

Thanks

Srini

[Former Community Member]

Thank you Srini! it worked!

[Former Community Member]

now here's another question about the postal code field. I want the user to enter only 6 characters. If i put that restriction in then because of the space, it counts the space as one of the 6 characters and cuts off one of the letters or numbers. If I change it to allow 7 characters, then the user can enter the whole 7 characters, but I only want them to enter 6. Does this make sense?