Access 97 - Input Mask

[Paul]

Hi everyone, here is the problem:

I have 2 fields...Provin ce and PostalCode
The afterUpdate event of the province has this snippet of code:
...
...
If Country = "canada" Then PostalCode.Inpu tMask = ">L0L\ 0L0;0;_"
docmd.gotocontr ol "PostalCode "
...
...
NOTE: I can't put the input make in the table or on the fields property for
various reasons by choice. I need it to work as below.

The cursor moves as expected, but when I get to the Postal Code field, I can
type anything I want. Not until I try to leave the field does the input
mask tell me that my syntax is wrong that I did not type the correct Postald
Code. What it should be doing is restricting the entery as I type it, like
a normal input mask is designed to do.

I used an Immediate window to see what the ? postalcode was, and it showed
me the correct code.
So why is this not working, and better yet. How do I get it to work.

Thanks in advance
Paul

[MGFoster]

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Since the user can enter any control on the form at will, having the
AfterUpdate event of one control change the InputMask of another control
is problematical. It would probably be a better idea to use the
BeforeUpdate event of the Postal Code control to determine if the code
is in the correct format, depending on the Country value. If the format
is incorrect set Cancel = True & display the error message.

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MGFoster:::mgf0 0 <at> earthlink <decimal-point> net
Oakland, CA (USA)

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Paul wrote:

Hi everyone, here is the problem:

I have 2 fields...Provin ce and PostalCode
The afterUpdate event of the province has this snippet of code:
...
...
If Country = "canada" Then PostalCode.Inpu tMask = ">L0L\ 0L0;0;_"
docmd.gotocontr ol "PostalCode "
...
...
NOTE: I can't put the input make in the table or on the fields property for
various reasons by choice. I need it to work as below.

The cursor moves as expected, but when I get to the Postal Code field, I can
type anything I want. Not until I try to leave the field does the input
mask tell me that my syntax is wrong that I did not type the correct Postald
Code. What it should be doing is restricting the entery as I type it, like
a normal input mask is designed to do.

I used an Immediate window to see what the ? postalcode was, and it showed
me the correct code.
So why is this not working, and better yet. How do I get it to work.

[Paul]

Thanks, but that won't work since the country is entered after the Postal
Code.

I have managed to do a workaround to get what I wanted.

Thanks
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Since the user can enter any control on the form at will, having the
AfterUpdate event of one control change the InputMask of another control
is problematical. It would probably be a better idea to use the
BeforeUpdate event of the Postal Code control to determine if the code
is in the correct format, depending on the Country value. If the format
is incorrect set Cancel = True & display the error message.

--
MGFoster:::mgf0 0 <at> earthlink <decimal-point> net
Oakland, CA (USA)

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Paul wrote:

Hi everyone, here is the problem:

I have 2 fields...Provin ce and PostalCode
The afterUpdate event of the province has this snippet of code:
...
...
If Country = "canada" Then PostalCode.Inpu tMask = ">L0L\ 0L0;0;_"
docmd.gotocontr ol "PostalCode "
...
...
NOTE: I can't put the input make in the table or on the fields property
for various reasons by choice. I need it to work as below.

The cursor moves as expected, but when I get to the Postal Code field, I
can type anything I want. Not until I try to leave the field does the
input mask tell me that my syntax is wrong that I did not type the
correct Postald Code. What it should be doing is restricting the entery
as I type it, like a normal input mask is designed to do.

I used an Immediate window to see what the ? postalcode was, and it
showed me the correct code.
So why is this not working, and better yet. How do I get it to work.