Using Win2000

I can't set the validation on an edittable column. If I edit the validation in the repos window template then I get the validation pattern into appear in the window but it is still ignored !!!. I have looked through discussion group threads and see that this is a long standing problem with no real solution indicated. REVTECH Is there a tidy fix yet and if not when will a fix be included in an OI upgrade? Validation is centrial to OI operation and should work.

Yep, same here.

It's kinda amusing that the Conversion controls ( edit-line and list-box ) still work when there're on the same window as the validation ones?

As an aside does the validation work if you set it programatically via set_Property() ]

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No - I can't get validation to work at all !!!!!

Kevin,

So you can't use something like

set_Property( editTable, "VALID", "D" : @Svm : "MT" )

To set the validation property at runtime? We tested it on a Win2000 system here and although the validation couldn't be added in the Form Designer, it could be added like this.

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Setting the VALID prop in the CREATE of the parient window still shows no sign of working. What version of W2000 are you using ? .

Editing the input pattern into the window record then compiling it does not work either. No sign of ICONV or OCONV on the control working. I wonder about DLL etc that are used by the edittable control but have no idea what is used and what versions these should be.

[notag]OK using the shorthand syntax this works even in Win98. T1 is an edittable. Columns one and two have edit patterns already.

X = .T1→Valid

X<0, 0, 3> = '(B)'

.T1→Valid = X

In this scenario the third column of the edit table was previously bereft of editing and now benefits from a boolean conversion (input though not output).

What symptoms are you seeing which stop this from working?

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[notag]Just confirming another work round - but would obviously prefer a fix.

Put the validation into the dictionary item and just allow the prompt to use default validation - assuming it is attached to a dictionary item.

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