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regular expression not to start with hypen

I need a adobe acrobat javascript for text not be start with hyphen.

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So this is a custom Keystroke script? If so, try this:

var RE_Alpha = /^[A-Za-z_ -]*$/;

var RE_Hyphen = /^-/;

event.rc = RE_Alpha.test(event.change) && !RE_Hyphen.test(AFMergeChange(event));

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As a validation script? You can use this:

if (/^-/.test(event.value)) {
    app.alert("The value must not begin with a hyphen.");
    event.rc = false;
}

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Thanks for your reply,this is my code below.but this working with start on hyphen. but i don't want to start with hyphen. please help me sir.

if(event.fieldFull == true){

alertDialog(errorMsgs.msg007);

}

if (event.willCommit == false) {

var RE_Alpha = /^[A-Za-z_ -]*$/;

event.rc = RE_Alpha.test(event.change);

}

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So this is a custom Keystroke script? If so, try this:

var RE_Alpha = /^[A-Za-z_ -]*$/;

var RE_Hyphen = /^-/;

event.rc = RE_Alpha.test(event.change) && !RE_Hyphen.test(AFMergeChange(event));

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