Newbie Questions

Re: Minimum length in field

spyderbyte — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:30:52 GMT

That's what I missed. Thank you so much for your help.

Lance

Re: Minimum length in field

Hilary Stoupa — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:18:22 GMT

Did you add as part of the data validation the condition field is not blank? I think if you have field is not blank AND field does not match pattern you'll not have that asterisk.

The best resource I've found for data validation patterns in InfoPath is this forum... If someone else knows of a great link or site, please post!

Re: Minimum length in field

spyderbyte — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:10:20 GMT

I actually have a follow up question to this. Now the field that has this data validation in it contains an asteric * like it is a required field is there a way to get this to go away?

Re: Minimum length in field

spyderbyte — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:37:14 GMT

Thank you Hilary, that worked perfectly. What are some good resources for defining use cases of patterns? Is there a "Bible" on this topic?

Best Regards,

Lance

Re: Minimum length in field

Hilary Stoupa — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:27:18 GMT

Hello, and welcome!

Data validation should work for this:

Right click on the field and select Data Validation
If you want the user to be able to leave the field blank, set the first condition to field is not blank
Set a condition to field does not match pattern and select Select a pattern
In the Custom Pattern area, you can create a pattern. For example .{3,} would allow the user to type in any characters, as long as there were at least 3. .{3,25} allows any character, at least 3 and up to 25. \d{3,25} gives you from 3 to 25 numbers
Put in a screen tip (the message portion won't show in a browser form)

Let me know if you need more help or have trouble with this, okay?

Minimum length in field

spyderbyte — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:04:27 GMT

Newbie question here:

What is the easiest way to enforce a minimum length in an Integer or text field? (Browser Enabled Infopath Form)

Best Regards,

Lance