method ValDateMandatory

validation procedure

Description

Validation mask: date field cannot be empty.

Parameters

itTargetField	input	date	Value of the business field to validate.
icTargetFieldName	input	character	Name of the business field to validate.
icRowid	input	character	Contents of field tc_Rowid, if the target field is a field of a class temp-table.
oiReturnStatus	output	integer

Internal usage

unused

program code (program1/database.p)

if itTargetField = ?
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  '' (icFieldValue), 
           input  'E':U (icType), 
           input  3 (iiSeverity), 
           input  icRowid (icRowid), 
           input  'BLF-320':U (icFcMsgNumber), 
           input  '' (icFcExplanation), 
           input  '' (icFcIdentification), 
           input  '' (icFcContext), 
           output oiReturnStatus (oiReturnStatus)) in database>
    assign oiReturnStatus = -1.
end.