AMX MVP-7500/8400 URL Resources

Appendix A: Text Formatting

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evaluated. Overflow continues to work until a field with no overflow value is set or no more fields remain (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 enter "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.

The following are some common input masking examples:

URL Resources

A URL can be broken into several parts. For example, with the URL http://www.amx.com/company-info-home.asp, this

URL indicates that the protocol in use is http (HyperText Transport Protocol) and that the information resides on a host

machine named www.amx.com. The image on that host machine is given an assignment (by the program) name of

company-info-home.asp (Active Server Page).

The exact meaning of this name on the host machine is both protocol dependent and host dependent. The information

normally resides in a file, but it could be generated dynamically. This component of the URL is called the file

component, even though the information is not necessarily in a file.

A URL can optionally specify a port, which is the port number to which the TCP/IP connection is made on the remote

host machine. If the port is not specified, the default port for the protocol is used instead. For example, the default port

for http is 80. An alternative port could be specified as: http://www.amx.com:8080/company-info-home.asp.

The system has only a limited knowledge of URL formats, as it transparently passes the URL information onto the server

for translation. A user can then pass any parameters to the server side programs such as CGI scripts or active server

pages.

However; the system will parse the URL looking for special escape codes. When it finds an escape code, it replaces that

code with a particular piece of panel, button, or state information.

For example, "http://www.amx.com/img.asp?device=$DV" would become http://www.amx.com/img.asp?device=10001.

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

Any legal HTTP syntax can be used.