project BLF > class Database Component > method ValCharMandatory

validation procedure

Description

Validation mask: character field cannot be empty.


Parameters


icTargetFieldinputcharacterValue of the business field to validate.
icTargetFieldNameinputcharacterName of the business field to validate.
icRowidinputcharacterContents of field tc_Rowid, if the target field is a field of a class temp-table.
oiReturnStatusoutputinteger


Internal usage


BLF
validation on tEventDestination.EventDestinationName
validation on tSharedSetType.SharedSetTypeCode

QadFinancials
validation on tVatPeriod.PeriodMark_ID


program code (program1/database.p)

if icTargetField = ""
or icTargetField = ?
then do:
    <M-1 run SetMessage
          (input  #T-2'You must enter this field.':255(72)T-2# (icMessage), 
           input  '' (icArguments), 
           input  icTargetFieldName (icFieldName), 
           input  icTargetField (icFieldValue), 
           input  'E':U (icType), 
           input  3 (iiSeverity), 
           input  icRowid (icRowid), 
           input  'BLF-319':U (icFcMsgNumber), 
           input  '' (icFcExplanation), 
           input  '' (icFcIdentification), 
           input  '' (icFcContext), 
           output oiReturnStatus (oiReturnStatus)) in database>
    assign oiReturnStatus = -1.
end.