How to apply a mask to a textbox value while user is typing? JavaScript REGEX issue

asked 2009-11-17 13:51:32 +0800

gyowanny
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updated 2009-11-18 06:11:43 +0800

Hi

I've been trying to apply a certain mask to a textbox value while the user is typing. Basically I'm using the onChanging event.
The point here is that I don't want to use java classes to format the value since it turns up into a server side operation, so I would like to do that in CSA (Client Side Actions) mode.
So when I type something in the textbox the javascript function called apply_mask is returning an empty string.
What is wrong with the code below? Just wondering if the javascript's regex is wrong:

.zul file

   <script src="/scrips/masking.js" language="JavaScript"/>
   <textbox id="maskedBox" onChanging="javascript:maskedBox.value=apply_mask(event.value)" />

masking.js file

function apply_mask(v){
    v=v.replace("/\D/g","");     
    v=v.replace("/^(\d{2})(\d)/","$1.$2") ;            
    v=v.replace("/^(\d{2})\.(\d{3})(\d)/","$1.$2.$3") ;
    v=v.replace("/\.(\d{3})(\d)/",".$1/$2") ;          
    v=v.replace("/(\d{4})(\d)/","$1-$2")  ;           
    return v;
}

Thanks

Gyo