Revision as of 11:45, 11 March 2009

SET VALIDATE

Class

Screen Forms

Purpose

Signify that data entered in a field on a form has passed validation checks

Syntax

SET VALIDATE ON | OFF | (<expL>)

See Also

@…GET, SET FIELDVAL, MENU AT

Description

The SET VALIDATE ON command is used to signify that data entered in a field on a form, which was specified with the @...GET VALIDATE WITH <procedure> command, has passed validation checks. The SET FIELDVAL command can be used to modify the contents of the field on the form. The validation procedure will only be called if data is entered in the field on the form, or the [HELP] key is pressed. See @...GET VALIDATE WITH for full details.

Example

procedure check_event
parameter s
select b
seek s
if not found()
set fieldval to "BALLET"
endif
select a
set validate on
return

@10,10 say "Event ";
get event;
must_enter;
validate with check_event
read

Products

Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer