Restricting input to textbox: allowing only numbers and decimal point

The accepted solution is not complete, since you can enter multiple '.', for example 24....22..22. with some small modifications it will work as intended:

<html>

<head>
  <script type="text/javascript">
    function isNumberKey(txt, evt) {
      var charCode = (evt.which) ? evt.which : evt.keyCode;
      if (charCode == 46) {
        //Check if the text already contains the . character
        if (txt.value.indexOf('.') === -1) {
          return true;
        } else {
          return false;
        }
      } else {
        if (charCode > 31 &&
          (charCode < 48 || charCode > 57))
          return false;
      }
      return true;
    }
  </script>
</head>

<body>
  <input type="text" onkeypress="return isNumberKey(this, event);" />
</body>

</html>

<HTML>
  <HEAD>
    <SCRIPT language=Javascript>
       <!--
       function isNumberKey(evt)
       {
          var charCode = (evt.which) ? evt.which : evt.keyCode;
          if (charCode != 46 && charCode > 31 
            && (charCode < 48 || charCode > 57))
             return false;

          return true;
       }
       //-->
    </SCRIPT>
  </HEAD>
  <BODY>
    <INPUT id="txtChar" onkeypress="return isNumberKey(event)" 
           type="text" name="txtChar">
  </BODY>
</HTML>

This really works!