Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] Limit size of text field

[Bob S. <bs...@Pr...>]

Aldo Calpini wrote:

> Bob Stango wrote:
> > I found the MaxLength option in the docs but it does not seem
> > to limit the field. What I want is to be able to have the field
> > restricted to 15 characters. So no more characters could be
> > typed in. Is this possible? Have I just used the wrong syntax?
> > Thanks for any help.
>
> MaxLength is a METHOD, not an OPTION. change your code to this:
>
>     $Win->AddTextfield(
>         -text    => "",
>         -name    => "Host_Name",
>         -pos    =>  [ 285, 243 ],
>         -size    => [ 100, 20 ],
>         -tabstop => 1,
>     );
>     $Win->Host_Name->MaxLength( 15 );
>
> cheers,
> Aldo
>
> __END__
> $_=q,just perl,,s, , another ,,s,$, hacker,,print;
>

Thanks Aldo. Just more stuff I have to learn about.
:-)