[RESOLVED] Validating a textbox

How to validate a textbox on Lost Focus event so that only alphabetic characers are possible?of eq if the field is Name :ehh:

U can use this code in the keypress event

Copy the following code in the keypress event

dim strvalid as string
strvalid="abcdedfghijkilmnopqrstuvwxyzABCEDEFGHIJKILMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"

If InStr(strvalid, Chr(KeyAscii)) = 0 Then
KeyAscii = 0
End If

Hopes it helps u

First you could catch the key pressed in the keypress event and if its a number then cancel it but that still doesnt stop them pasting a number in so try looping through the textbox in the validate event

VB Code:

Private Sub Text1_Validate(Cancel As Boolean)
 Dim i As Integer
  
   For i = 1 To Len(Text1.Text)
    If IsNumeric(Mid$(Text1.Text, i, 1)) Then
     MsgBox "No Numbers Please"
     Cancel = True
     Exit For
    End If
   Next i
   
End Sub

casey.

Thanx,that was helpful, but how to ignore values like ';./,]{}_+| and have an error message come up if these values are input?

Help,Anyone,please...???

Check each Ascii character.

VB Code:

Dim i As Integer
  
    For i = 1 To Len(Text1.Text)
        Select Case Asc(Mid$(Text1.Text, i, 1))
            Case 65 To 90 'A - Z
            Case 97 To 122 'a - z
            Case Else
                MsgBox "Invalid Character " & Mid$(Text1.Text, i, 1)
                Cancel = True
                Exit For
        End Select
    Next

Wow,thank you soo much!!!!!