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Is there a way to format decimal places in a Textbox with a number in it?

Hi,

I am putting a textbox on my form and would like it to automatically show a format of 0.0.

For instance, if the person just enters a 12, the texbox should change to 12.0 automatically.

Is this possible?

M

Irwin Santos

not with straight HTML, you could incorporate javascript OR

have an integer / decimal form setup (archaeic, but it works)

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mmarksbury

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MitchellVII

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mmark,

Any idea on what that code that forces the decimal point would look like?

r_m_shyam

Hi,

You can use the following Javascript code to achieve that,

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<script language="JavaScript">
function formatnum(){
var valu1 = parseInt(document.test.txt1.value);
document.test.txt1.value = valu1.toFixed(1);
}
</script>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF>
<form name="test">
<input type="text" name="txt1" onchange="formatnum()"/>
</form>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Regards - RM.

r_m_shyam

initial value would be like

<input type="text" name="txt1" value="0.0" onchange="formatnum()"/>

MitchellVII

ASKER

thanks rm,

Is there a way I can add an argument to the function so that I can pass the text field name to it? This needs to work in about 50 places.

M

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MitchellVII

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Hey bubble,

would I actually type "this" in the argument or the name of the text field?

M

bubbledragon

Yes, will return the textbox object to the function.

MitchellVII

ASKER

I bow before you superior knowledge oh great one - works like a charm :)

Mitchell

MitchellVII

ASKER

Oh yeah, also meant to ask you:

How do I format a field so that it returns a dollar amount?

So that if they entered 125000 it would show $125,000.00?

Thanks :)

M