Masked edit control for use in a graphical programming environment
First Claim
1. A masked edit program object for use with a graphical programming environment, the masked edit program object comprising:
- a graphical icon representing the masked edit program object for display in a diagramming window of the graphical programming environment;
an input mask that includes one or more literals for use in suggesting to a program user the type of information to be entered in the masked edit; and
a first property that is settable by a program developer between one of asserted and de-asserted;
wherein, at run-time, the masked edit program object accepts the entry of a literal by the program user as a valid entry provided that the first property is asserted.
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Abstract
A masked edit program object for use in a graphical program-development environment is configured to have an Allow_Literal_Entry property that may be set as true or false, and an Insert_Zeros property that may also be set to true or false. If the Allow_Literal_Entry property is set to true, then at run-time when the program user enters a literal, the program object does not reject the literal as invalid entry, but rather searches the input mask for the entered literal and moves the cursor to the location in the input mask that is adjacent to the located literal. If the Insert_Zeros property is set to true, the program object will enter leading or trailing zeros in empty entries of the input mask that have been configured with specially-defined symbols for accepting leading or trailing zeros.
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1. A masked edit program object for use with a graphical programming environment, the masked edit program object comprising:
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a graphical icon representing the masked edit program object for display in a diagramming window of the graphical programming environment;
an input mask that includes one or more literals for use in suggesting to a program user the type of information to be entered in the masked edit; and
a first property that is settable by a program developer between one of asserted and de-asserted;
wherein, at run-time, the masked edit program object accepts the entry of a literal by the program user as a valid entry provided that the first property is asserted. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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