How to show tab characters in input text field

[flashmed]

I am working on an application that allows user to copy and paste content into a text field. The problem I'm running across is that when the user paste something with a tab in it, the tab is not shown in the text field.

For example, the original content is:

Quantity:   0   0   0   0   1   20  0   0   0   0   0   0

but inside the input text field, the content is shown as:

Quantity:0000120000000

I need to be able to split each value from the content the user input into the text field into an array of numbers. Working with what Flash input text field shows is impossible to separate the values. Any idea how to overcome this problem or display tab character as space?

Thank you.

[flashmed]

I am working on an application that allows user to copy and paste content into a text field. The problem I'm running across is that when the user paste something with a tab in it, the tab is not shown in the text field.

For example, the original content is:
Quantity: 0 0 0 0 1 20 0 0 0 0 0 0
but inside the input text field, the content is shown as:
Quantity:0000120000000

I need to be able to split each value from the content the user input into the text field into an array of numbers. Working with what Flash input text field shows is impossible to separate the values. Any idea how to overcome this problem or display tab character as space?

Thank you.