Force / Require String input

[BryonR]

I want to force a user to input a string of <Character>######### example A123456789

I understand how to force the field to have input just not the type or sting that I want.

Thanks!

Bryon

[JFee]

What I usually do when I need something like this is have it check the string each time it is changed, and if it is wrong, revert it back to what it was before. For instance:

If $newString <> $oldString Then
   ; Do your checks to make sure it is formatted right.
    If $formattedWrong Then
        GUICtrlSetData($input, $oldString); or ControlSetText
    EndIf
Endif

[BryonR]

What I usually do when I need something like this is have it check the string each time it is changed, and if it is wrong, revert it back to what it was before. For instance:

If $newString <> $oldString Then
  ; Do your checks to make sure it is formatted right.
    If $formattedWrong Then
        GUICtrlSetData($input, $oldString); or ControlSetText
    EndIf
Endif

how do I check to see if the format was correct? Thats the part I'm stuck at.

[bmaker]

You might want to use regular expressions:

$input= "A123"
if StringRegExp($input, "^A[0-9]+$") then
  ; ...
else
  ; ...
endif

^A[0-9]+$ matches "A0" to "A999999999999999999999999999" (and even more digits). You might want to require a specific length:

^A[0-9]{1,10}$

Here, 1 is minimum and 10 is maximum number of digits.

Regards, bmaker