Ektron CMS400.NET User Manual

Validation Options
Field Description
Working with HTML Forms
Tool Tip Text Enter text that appears when a site visitor hovers the
cursor over this field (circled in red below).
Default
value
If you want to set a default value for this field, enter it
here. For example, if this field collects a city, and most
users enter New York, enter New York as the value.
Regardless of the default value, the site visitor can
change it while completing the screen.
Validation Select the kind of validation to apply to this field. See
”Validation Options” on page 178
If you assign to this field any value other than No
validation, the field is initially surrounded by red dashes
in Data Entry mode. If the user’s response does not
meet the validation criterion, the field remains
surrounded by red dashes. The system administrator
determines whether or not the user can save an invalid
document.
Error
Message
Enter text that appears on the screen if the site visitor‘s
response to this field does not satisfy the validation
criterion.
For example, if the validation criterion is telephone
number, the error message could be Please enter 7 or
10 digits. It would appear if the user entered, for
example, S061882.
By default, the error message is the same as the
validation criterion you choose. You can use this field to
customize its text.
Note: You can only enter double-byte characters if your
Windows settings include that language. If you enter
characters that are not in a language defined in your
Windows settings, question marks (?) appear instead of
the characters.
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