form data / auto complete

[aristarkos]

I'm trying to disable autocomplete, but my attempts caused my program to stop working normally ... as if every value was zero ... perhaps.

I used...

head "<meta http-equiv=""cache-control"" content=""no-cache,no-store,must-revalidate,max-age=0"">
<meta http-equiv=""pragma"" content=""no-cache"">"

html "<form autocomplete=""off""></form>"

I also used that last html line by itself. I don't know much about this. I just found something at another forum and tried to adapt it. I would like to disable autocomplete when Input is used, but still be able to carry values throughout the running of the program (assuming that's where the problem is).

Any tips?

[StefanPendl]

The RB application is already inside a form, I do not know if nesting forms is good and I think to remember a similar problem.

How about using autocomplete='off' without the form tags

[aristarkos]

Thanks. Still not working. In fact now I can't get the autocomplete to stop at all ... like I did before ... whether the programs works right or not. Strange.

Maybe I'll have more luck with JS (which I don't know much about).

[StefanPendl]

Could you prevent auto-complete with a DIV

[aristarkos]

I don't know. How would that work?

[StefanPendl]

Below find a working example.
The key to success is using HTML input boxes, the name property is mandatory and will be used with #request to get the contents of the text field.
This is tested as a published application with FF3 and IE7.

head "<meta http-equiv='cache-control' content='no-cache,no-store,must-revalidate,max-age=0'>
      <meta http-equiv='pragma' content='no-cache'>"

[restart]
  cls
  text$ = "Hello world!"
  print
  'RB command
  'textbox #box, text$

  'HTML 5 Info at www.w3schools.com/tags/html5_input.asp
  'HTML replacement for text box without auto complete
  html "<input type='text' class='text' id='#box' name='#box' value='"; text$; _
       "' autocomplete='off' autofocus='true' />"
  print
  print
  link #action, "Accept", [accept]
  print
  wait

[accept]
  text$ = #request get$("#box")
  print
  print text$
  print
  link #reload, "Reload", [restart]
  print
  wait

[aristarkos]

Thank you!

I need to input numbers but I can use: val(mid$(text$, 1, 1))

Do you know if the HTML INPUT can be used so that I can just hit the Enter key ... instead of clicking on a link or button?

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head "<meta http-equiv='cache-control' content='no-cache,no-store,must-revalidate,max-age=0'> <meta http-equiv='pragma' content='no-cache'>"
[restart] cls
print
text$="1234"
html "<input type='text' class='text' id='#box' name='#box' value='"; text$; "' autocomplete='off' autofocus='true' />"
print
print
link #action, "Accept", [accept]
print
wait

[accept] text$ = #request get$("#box")
print text$
print
print "1st char multiplied by 100 = "; val(mid$(text$, 1, 1))*100
print "2nd char multiplied by 100 = "; val(mid$(text$, 2, 1))*100
print "3rd char multiplied by 100 = "; val(mid$(text$, 3, 1))*100
print "4th char multiplied by 100 = "; val(mid$(text$, 4, 1))*100
print
link #reload, "Reload", [restart]
print
wait

[aristarkos]

Or is it possible to use some kind of BUTTON that can be engaged by hitting the Enter key ... a BUTTON that would take the place of the LINK but serve the same function ... in this HTML INPUT situation?

[StefanPendl]

Jan 29, 2009 16:25:24 GMT -5 aristarkos said:

I need to input numbers but I can use: val(mid$(text$, 1, 1))

Add the attribute inputmode='latin digits' to only allow numbers.

Do you know if the HTML INPUT can be used so that I can just hit the Enter key ... instead of clicking on a link or button?

I don't know, I haven't had a need for such, but you can try to add a button of type submit.
An example can be found on the page I included in the code.

[aristarkos]

Thanks.

What I really need is for the cursor to be in the field from the start ... so I don't have to click on it every time. Apparently, this can be done with javascript. So I'm trying to learn enough about JS to create an input that includes...

• autocomplete off
  
• auto cursor placement
  
• use of enter key (not click on link)
  

I'll be inputting four numbers together and then the program will act on each individual digit.