In the previous post I explained how you can customize the behaviour of MaskedInput’s Transforms. That should probably cover all your needs. However, MaskedInput’s architecture does allow for one more way to customize transforms. You can actually build in your own. As you can see from the MaskedInput_Transforms.js file attached in ...

In this blog post I will assume that you understand how MaskedInput Transforms function. It was explained in the previous blog post. Here is the list of currently implemented transforms: CreditCard_VisaMasterCard - Visa or MasterCard credit card number.CreditCard_AmEx - American Express credit card number.Telephone_NorthAmerica - North American ...

The format of the masked input is fully defined by the "Transform" it uses. A Transform is a client-side JavaScript object containing just three functions: validate – A function that takes a look at what the user just typed into the masked input box, and returns a boolean value: true if text is valid, false if it isn't. For ...

Short Story: This will not work: <ComponentArt:NumberInput runat="server" ID="MyNumberInput" /> <input type="button" value="+" onclick="MyNumberInput.increaseValue();" /> <input type="button" value="-" onclick="MyNumberInput.decreaseValue();" ...

View Angle Chooser is a UI control that comes included with the Charting 2008.1 product. It displays three sides of a rectangular box which can be rotated using a mouse to select the best chart viewing angle. Check out the Charting toolbar demo to see it in action. In this post I will explain how it was implemented. The challenge ...

ComponentArt Charting 2008.1 introduces an easy way for end users to customize the look and feel of charts. This is accomplished through a JavaScript client-side API. Charting toolbar demo in ComponentArt’s new Charting gallery shows how this can be done. The toolbar demo allows the end user change the following ...

Myth: You can't have a string literal stretch across two lines of text in JavaScript. Fact: You can have multiline string literals in JavaScript in all browsers. Multiline (or is it "multi-line"?) strings are a fringe feature of programming languages. They are very rarely needed, so a lot of languages don't support them at ...

  Now that Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 has shipped, it's a good time to talk about the next version of ASP.NET and Visual Studio. More specifically, I am happy to share some good news on how Microsoft's next major platform release will affect ComponentArt's customers.   Scott Guthrie has a great post on ASP.NET AJAX in .NET ...

I ran into a speed bump of sorts when attempting to assign an object instance method as a DOM event handler, there's some information floating around the net, but a post on the topic can't hurt. Something like this on the server side would usually fit the ...

Last night we updated the official Web.UI product roadmap. We are about 1-2 weeks off target regarding the release dates that were announced back in November. However, the good news is that the 2007.1 release will include one additional control (Dialog for ASP.NET), adding a total of three new controls: ComboBox, ToolBar, and Dialog. Adding a ...