# Newbie help

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-help/265867>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 13, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-help/265867 "2008-07-13T23:15:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![jasonka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@jasonka](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jasonka)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-help/265867/1 "2008-07-13T23:15:58Z")

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I can’t seem to find how to create a string to validate a text input box. I want a text box that will verify “The Cow is Brown” as a user types it in and move to another text box (or keyframe) once the string is valid… hopefully without a button.

Does anyone have any ideas?

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**Author:** ![sekasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@sekasi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sekasi)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-help/265867/2 "2008-07-13T23:32:06Z")

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Well um, create an input field and add an eventlistener to it that listens for TextEvent.TEXT\_INPUT and compare its content with “The Cow is Brown”