[Tutor] Query about using Pmw entry widget...

[Asrarahmed Kadri]

Hey Luke,
The dialog box, what I think is better than a 'visual warning' ; because it
forces the user to correct the input error that he has made. A visual
warning might be omitted by the user.

REgards,
Asrarahmed

On 1/7/07, Luke Paireepinart <rabidpoobear at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Alan Gauld wrote:
> > "Luke Paireepinart" <rabidpoobear at gmail.com> wrote
> >
> > OP>> Can some one help me how to add validation : only integers are
> > allowed
> > OP>> and minimum value should be 1.
> > OP>>
> > OP>> timeInterval = Pmw.EntryField(label_text='Time Interval(in
> > OP>> sec.):',labelpos='w',validate = 'numeric')
> >
> > I don;t have PMW installed. I tend to use Tix now that its part
> > of standard Python. However Grayson says this:
> >
> > "validation is [performed by a function which takes
> > as its first argument the entered text and returns
> > one of three standard values...
> > Pmw.OK, Pmw.ERROR, Pmw.PARTIAL"
> >
> > So it seems you need
> >
> > def numeric(val):
> >     try: float(val)
> >     except ValueError: return Pmw.ERROR
> >     else: return Pmw.OK
> >
> > timeinterval = Pmw.EntryField(.....validate=numeric)
> >
> > At least that's how I read it, obviously without Pmw I can't try it...
> >
> >
> >>> Also I want to validate date and time? I know that there is a way
> >>> to
> >>> do it but I dont know the exact syntax..
> >>>
> >
> > I'd use a similar technique as above. parse the string and try
> > to create a datetime object then handle the exceptions.
> >
> > Luke> it's a lot easier to validate the input when you're using it
> > instead of
> > Luke> trying to restrict their input.
> >
> > Its easier for the programmer but much worse for the user.
> > We should always catch erroneous input as early as possible.
> > Early CGI Web pages were the classic example of late error
> > handling and there is nothing more annoying than filling in a form,
> > submitting it and then being told you filled in a field wrong right
> > at the start!
> >
>
> The difference between a webpage and an application here is that if the
> user enters something incorrectly,
> he'll know as soon as he tries to submit it,
> without having to wait for the page to reload,
> and he won't lose all of his information just to go back and change one
> field.
> But I guess I don't know anything about UI design.
> That's why I just purchased 'The Essential Guide To User Interface
> Design' from Half-Price Books!
> Yes, a bit of a strange coincidence that I bought it just today.
>
> Anyway,
> I know it's frustrating to have to go back to fix entries,
> but it's also annoying to have something restrict your input.
> That seems sort of like the programmer didn't want to take the time to
> have a robust user input parser :D
> I think the ideal situation for me would be that whenever an entry
> widget loses focus, the validate() function is called,
> and I get some kind of visual warning that my entry is incorrect.
> NOT a dialog box, I hope, but some kind of red warning label next to the
> entry widget or something.
> However, this doesn't work for the last entry on the page, because most
> likely focus will switch straight from the entry to the submit button,
> but then the whole 'check on submit' thing would catch the error.
> Basically I don't want to see an entry box that behaves differently than
> a normal entry box (only accepts integers, for example).
> -Luke
>
> > HTH,
> >
> >
>
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