User's Manual

Appendix A: Text Formatting
evaluated. Overflow continues to work until a field with no overflow value is set or there are no more fields left (i.e.
reached first field).
If a character is typed and that character appears in the Next Field list, the keyboard should move the focus to the next
field. For example, when entering time, a ":" is used as a next field character. If you hit "1:2", the 1 is entered in the
current field (hours) and then the focus is moved to the next field and 2 is entered in that field.
When entering time in a 12-hour format, entry of AM and PM is required. Instead of adding
AM/PM to the input mask specification, the AM/PM should be handled within the NetLinx code. This allows a
programmer to show/hide and provide discrete feedback for AM and PM.
Input mask output examples
The following are some common input masking examples:
Output Examples
Common Name Input Mask Input
IP Address Quad [0|255]{.} Any value from 0 to 255
Hour [1|12]{:} Any value from 1 to 12
Minute/Second [0|59]{:} Any value from 0 to 59
Frames [0|29]{:} Any value from 0 to 29
Phone Numbers (999) 000-0000 (555) 555-5555
Zip Code 00000-9999 75082-4567