How do you add a MouseUp to an iOS control?

[donryan]

Can anyone provide some insight on how you add a mouseup event to an iOS text field when the text field is created dynamically at runtime? I want to add a DatePick to an IOS text field but can't figure out how to do it. I've searched the forums but didn't find a solution. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

[Jellicle]

Can't you set the script of an object? Eg:

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set the script of field "field1" to "on mouseup" & return & "answer the long date" & return & "end mouseup"

[endernafi]

Hi donryan,

You can communicate with native mobile controls only via their special accessors.
There are four messages which may help you.
inputBeginEditing, inputEndEditing, inputTextChanged, inputReturnKey
You should use them with mobileControlTarget() function.
Check the attached stack for a simple implementation.

donryanStack.zip

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Hope it helps


Best,

~ Ender Nafi

[Jellicle]

Oh right. My assumption was that the field would be locked and the OP wanted it to respond to a touch event e.g.. a mouse up.

Gerry

[jmburnod]

Hi Ender,
Nice stack again. Useful and clear.
I played with it without mistake
Best
Jean-Marc

[endernafi]

Hi Jean-Marc,
Thanks, it's your kindness...

Gerry,
Yours was a very intuitive solution but of course it's only viable for native LiveCode objects.
Mobile controls are very different, unfortunately, it causes too much fuss.


Best,

~ Ender Nafi

[donryan]

Hi donryan,

You can communicate with native mobile controls only via their special accessors.
There are four messages which may help you.
inputBeginEditing, inputEndEditing, inputTextChanged, inputReturnKey
You should use them with mobileControlTarget() function.
Check the attached stack for a simple implementation.

donryanStack.zip

Hope it helps


Best,

~ Ender Nafi

Ender:

Thank you very much -- the editBeginEditing took care of what I was looking for. Here's an example for anyone else interested:

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on inputBeginEditing
    if the environment is "mobile" then
        put iPhoneControlTarget() into tTarget
        ## DatePicker code goes here ...
        if tTarget is "txtTransactionDate" or tTarget is "txtDueDate" then
            focus on nothing --> hides the keyboard
            mobilePickDate "date" --> loads datePicker with the current date
        end if
    end if
end inputBeginEditing

[Jellicle]

Yours was a very intuitive solution

...but based on an incorrect reading of the original question

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