All these workarounds look complex and dirty. It seems the large editor has a lot of issues. I noticed the large editor allowing to drag and drop the text. Any idea, what mouse event that would be?
Tamhas,
I had done exactly what you have suggested. I controlled all the events as long as I am in between <>. since backspace is deleting > before I figure out that i m in between of <>. I just need to know the point between the hit of backspace key and actual deletion of the character...
let me explain it more clearly.. The text will look like as follows:
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My name is <|cutstomer.name|> . This is a customer from city <|customer.city|> . the end of the text.
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Note:- the text (db field) enclosed within <> are not typed by the user...
thank you for the responses.
The solution I am looking is for the business need. The editor will have some db-fields along with the text and I don't want user to delete those db-fields partialy. So the question is why can't I override the backspace event. I was able to suppress all the...
Hi guys,
I appreciate your responses.. I am using LARGE EDITOR on a progress GUI window.. which is running on window xp .
I am still expecting an advice on this. any suitable work-around will do..
thanks,
Hi,
How do I override the BACKSPACE event ON the LARGE editor?.It seems the
backspace event is applied before any trigger on this event is able to stop
it from happening.
I tried SELF:EDIT-UNDO() but this is still allowing to delete the last typed character.
is there any other way I can trap...
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