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Text Box Jump

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Submitted on: 2/29/2000
By: Michael R Brown  
Level: Beginner
User Rating: By 4 Users
Compatibility: JavaScript
Views: 17587
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     This script will allow you to jump from one text box to the next when a desired length is reached.
 
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' for :Text Box Jump
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example: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="name" VALUE="" SIZE=4 MAXLENGTH=4 onkeyup="NextBox('name',4);">
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'**************************************
' Name: Text Box Jump
' Description:This script will allow you to jump from one text box to the next when a desired length is reached.
' By: Michael R Brown
'
' Inputs:ObjName --> Name of Text Box
ObjNum --> Max characters to be typed before jumping
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' Assumes:to call this function place the following code in your text box instantiation --> onkeyup="NextBox('text_box_name',value to jump at(int));"
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'This code is copyrighted and has' limited warranties.Please see http://www.Planet-Source-Code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=1784&lngWId=14'for details.'**************************************

<script LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Begin
// Author: Michael Ray Brown
// Email: mrb23@bellsouth.net
//
// This script will allow you to jump from one text box to the next
// when a desired length is reached. There are two input variables
// ObjName --> Name of Text Box
// ObjNum --> Max characters to be typed before jumping
// 
// to call this function place the following code to your text box
// instantiaion --> onkeyup="NextBox('text_box_name',value to jump at(int));"
function NextBox(ObjName,ObjNum) {
// 1st example
if (ObjName == "textbox_name here") {
	// move to next text field
	if (ObjNum == 2) {
		if (document.form_name.textbox_name1.value.length == "set value you want to jump at(example='3')) {
			document.form_name.textbox_name2.focus()
			}
		else {
			document.form_name.textbox_name1.focus()
			}
		}
	}
// 2nd example
else if (ObjName == "textbox_name here") {
	// move to next text field
	if (ObjNum == 2) {
		if (document.form_name.textbox_name1.value.length == 2) {
			document.form_name.textbox_name2.focus()
			}
		else {
			document.form_name.textbox_name1.focus()
			}
		}
	}
// 3rd example featuring 4 text boxes
// a good example would be for credit card # input
else if (ObjName == "textbox_name here") {
	// move to next text field
	if (ObjNum == 2) {
		if (document.form_name.textbox_name1.value.length == 4) {
			document.form_name.textbox_name2.focus()
			}
		else {
			document.form_name.textbox_name1.focus()
			}
		}
	else if (ObjNum == 3) {
		if (document.form_name.textbox_name2.value.length == 4) {
			document.form_name.textbox_name3.focus()
			}
		else {
			document.form_name.textbox_name2.focus()
			}
		}
	else if (ObjNum == 4) {
		if (document.form_name.textbox_name3.value.length == 4) {
			document.form_name.textbox_name4.focus()
			}
		else {
			document.form_name.textbox_name3.focus()
			}
		}
	}
}
// End -->
</script>


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