Validations Tab

The Validations tab lists the validation scripts defined for the pane, and provides a mechanism to create new validation for that pane.

Fields in the Validation Tab
Fields Description
Name The name of the validation.
Execute When When the validation is executed. The options are:
  • On Form Submit
  • On Value Change
Script The validation script.
Message Type The type of validation message. The options are:
  • External Reference
  • Custom
Message The validation message that is displayed in the message pane if your entry is invalid. This is either a static message defined in the validation, or a reference to a resource key, where the key begins with "validation_".
List Check box used to specify whether the validation is to be executed on the complete list or for each value in the list for a multi-valued control. The functionality of the two states is as follows:

true: The validation is invoked with the context.value set to the list value of a multi-valued control.

false: The validation is invoked once for each value in the list, with context.value set to a specific value each time.
Enabled Check box used to specify whether the validation is to be executed at runtime. The functionality of the two states is as follows:

true: The validation is invoked at runtime.

false: The validation is not invoked at runtime.

This button opens the Define Validation dialog box. The dialog box contains two parts, a Script area for writing the validation script, and a Message area for typing the message that is displayed in a message pane if your entry is invalid.

The Define Validation dialog allows you to specify when the validation script runs.

This button deletes the selected validation.