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<\/A> \nHey, SK. You know, the great thing about this column \u2013 oh, wait; that\u2019s a different column. In fact, now that we think about it, we can\u2019t come up with any great things about this<\/I> column. Be that as it may, however, the interesting<\/I> thing about this column is that \u2013 well, you\u2019re right: that really isn\u2019t all that interesting, is it? Hmmm \u2026.<\/P>\n
OK, let\u2019s try this again. You know, the not-so-great and not-all-that-interesting thing about this column (better?) is that we Scripting Guys probably learn more from writing the column than anyone does from reading it. Based on the emails we receive we know that some of you (obviously those who don\u2019t know us very well) assume that the Scripting Guys can answer any scripting question at all, and right off the top of our heads. And you know, come to think of it, maybe we can<\/I> answer any question that people ask:<\/P>\n
\u201cHey, Scripting Guy! How can I force letter case when people do data entry?\u201d<\/P>\n
\u201cBeats us.\u201d<\/P>\n
Technically, \u201cBeats us\u201d is<\/I> an answer. It\u2019s just not a very good<\/I> answer.<\/P>\n
But don\u2019t fret, SK. Following our usual pattern, we did a bit of research and managed to come up with a better answer for you:<\/P>
<body>\n Box 1 <input type=”text” name=”Box1″ size=”30″ style=”text-Transform:uppercase”><P>\n<\/body>\n<\/PRE>\nAs you can see, this is perhaps the simplest HTA ever created: there\u2019s nothing to it except for a single text box. But take a look at the HTML tag for that text box:<\/P>
<input type=”text” name=”Box1″ size=”30″ style=”text-Transform:uppercase”>\n<\/PRE>\nWhat we\u2019ve done here is apply a style to the box; in particular, we\u2019ve assigned a value to the text-Transform<\/B> attribute: style=”text-Transform:uppercase”<\/B>. Is there a method behind that madness? You bet there is: setting text-Transform to uppercase<\/I> automatically converts any text typed into that box to its uppercase equivalent. Best of all, you can do that without having to write any script code.<\/P>\n
And, now that you mention it, yes, there are<\/I> other values you can assign to text-Transform. For one, you can assign the value lowercase<\/I> to convert all the letters typed into the box to their lowercase equivalent. For another, you can assign the value capitalize<\/I> to make the first letter in each word uppercase (subsequent letters in the word are not converted; they show up exactly as you type them). Here\u2019s a sample HTA that uses each of these text-Transform values. Take a close look at the letter casing in each text box; all the letters in all three boxes were typed using lowercase. But, as you can see, they don\u2019t all show up as lowercase:<\/P>![\"HTA\"](\"http:\/\/img.microsoft.com\/library\/media\/1033\/technet\/images\/scriptcenter\/qanda\/transform.jpg\")
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And here\u2019s the HTML tagging we used to create this sample form:<\/P>
<body>\n Box 1 <input type=”text” name=”Box1″ size=”30″ style=”text-transform:uppercase”><P>\n Box 2 <input type=”text” name=”Box2″ size=”30″ style=”text-transform:lowercase”><P>\n Box 3 <input type=”text” name=”Box3″ size=”30″ style=”text-transform:capitalize”><P>\n<\/body>\n<\/PRE>\nPretty cool, huh?<\/P>\n
We might add that although SK didn\u2019t want to use a script to modify letter case you<\/I> (or even you, the guy in the green) can use a script if you so choose. Here\u2019s a modified HTA that features a button that toggles between lowercase and uppercase:<\/P><Script Language=”VBScript”>\n Sub CaseChanger\n If Box1.Style.textTransform=”lowercase” Then\n Box1.Style.textTransform=”uppercase”\n Else\n Box1.Style.textTransform=”lowercase”\n End If\n End Sub\n<\/Script><\/p>\n<body>\n Box 1 <input type=”text” name=”Box1″ size=”30″><P>\n <input type=”button” Value=”Run” type=”button” onClick=”CaseChanger” style=”text-Transform:lowercase”>\n<\/body>\n<\/PRE>\n
The cool thing here is that it not only toggles the style assigned to the text box, but it dynamically changes the letter case for any text currently in<\/I> the text box.<\/P>\n
We hope that helps, SK. And we hope that you learned something today, because \u2013 as usual \u2013 the Scripting Guys learned something: we learned that it would be much better if we did our research ahead of time so that we could<\/I> answer questions off the top of our heads. And so, by golly, we\u2019re going to do that: we\u2019re going to do our homework and learn everything there is to know about scripting. <\/P>\n
But not today; today the Scripting Son has a baseball game and we need to leave early. But tomorrow, tomorrow we start.<\/P>\n
Well, actually, the NCAA men\u2019s basketball tournament is tomorrow. But next week, next week for sure.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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