DATA VALIDATION

Guide Section: An EASAP GUI
EASAP Tree: USER INTERFACE branch → INPUTBOX

DATA VALIDATION is a Child of INPUTBOX.

DATA VALIDATION defines what User specified data is valid for its Parent INPUTBOX.

When Allow: is 'Any Value', 'Decimal' or 'Whole number' an optional Data: parameter will appear to allow further restriction of value data.

To enter dates manually into an INPUTBOX,
- Set Input Type:DateTime
- For the Child DATA VALIDATION set,
  - Allow:Date
  - Date Input Type:Manual

DATA VALIDATION
Essential Parameters:
Allow:	Select criteria by which to accept User-entered Data. See list above for choices.
Optional Parameters:
Ignore Blank:	Select whether to validate blank or empty values in the input box, default→TRUE, FALSE
Data:	Select the data restriction type.
Date Input Type:	(Only for Parent INPUTBOX→Type:DateTime and Allow:Date) Select the type of date input. (default→Calendar, Calendar with Button, Manual)
Auto Resize:	Controls whether the drop-down list should be resized automatically to fit the longest item on screen or appear with the fixed default length.
Source:	Specify list of valid values when Allow:→List (object references allowed)
Delimiter:	Character to delimit object references in other parameters (default→%)

Data Parameter Choices
Allow:	Effect	New Optional Parameters
Any Value	There is no restriction to what might be entered.	none
Date	Date data types may be entered according to the Parent INPUTBOX→Pattern:	Data: Date Input Type:
Decimal	Forces data entered to be a real number.	Ignore Blank: Delimiter: Data:
List	Force a User to select from a list of values as defined in Source:	Source: Auto Resize:
Text Length	Restricts data entered to a specified number of characters. Data: will become visible. Value of Data parameter will either show *Date:* or Minimum: and** Maximum:	Data:
Whole number	Forces data entered to be an integer.	Data:

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