Input box max length and overflow

[Andrew Sparkes]

Let's say I have a grid of input boxes, like shown:

; first row
    Global $101 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 24, 32, 25, 21, -1, $WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE)
    Global $102 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 56, 32, 25, 21, -1, $WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE)
    Global $103 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 88, 32, 25, 21, -1, $WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE)
    
; second row
    Global $201 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 24, 56, 25, 21, -1, $WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE)
    Global $202 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 56, 56, 25, 21, -1, $WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE)
    Global $203 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 88, 56, 25, 21, -1, $WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE)

I want each box to contain only one character, and when it gets that character, to overflow to the next one. Many serial number inputs work this way. Like if I have a serial number, SERIAL123456789,and the box's max lengths were 5. I would start typing it, and when I finished typing the A, it would switch to the next box. I checked the forums and help file, and surprisingly didn't find much. I suppose I could do something like:

While 1
If StringLen(GUICtrlRead($101))=1 Then
Send('{Tab}')
EndIf
WEnd

But that isn't elegant at all.

There must be a way to set the max length on an input and have the overflow go on to the next inputs.

Any insight, AutoIt gurus?

[greenmachine]

Look up GuiCtrlSetLimit in the helpfile. That does what you need.

[Andrew Sparkes]

Thanks for that, but it will work for only solve half my problem though. l somehow didn't find that function, but oh well, I was only looking at the related functions area and searching. My big problem is the overflow. Once the first box is filled, I want it to automatically move to the next one. Any idea how this can be accomplished?

[CyberSlug]

I remember Larry (and possibly others) doing something like this:

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...topic=20372&hl=

Hope that helps