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closeField

Type​

message

Summary​

Sent to a field when the focus is being removed from that field and the field's content has changed.

Syntax​

closeField

Description​

Handle the closeField message if you want to make sure a field's content is correct after it has been changed.

Examples​

on closeField -- make sure the user has entered a valid date
  local tText
  put the text of me into tText
  if tText is not a date then
    beep
    answer "Please enter a date."
    set the selectedRange of the target to "1," & \
       the number of chars in tText
  end if
end closeField

Compatibility and Support​

OS

android