Assigning Rule Validation to the Edit Box

Validate user input on the device application by assigning validation rules to the edit box control.

1. In the Device Application Designer, select Screen Design > Palette > Controls > Edit Box.
2. Drag and drop the Edit Box onto the screen display.
3. In the Properties > Definition view for the edit box, select the data type from the Data type list.
4. In the Palette, drag and drop Rule Validation onto the edit box.
5. In the rule dialog, configure the validation rule and click OK.

• Creating Numerical Rule Validation
  Use the Numerical Rule dialog to set the numerical validation rule for the edit box control.
• Creating String Rule Validation
  In the String Rule Validation dialog, set the string validation rule for the edit box.
• Validation Rule for CHAR data
  The only validation rule for the CHAR datatype is " matches regular expression."
• Creating DateTime Rule Validation
  In the Calendar Rule dialog, set validation rules for calendar (date/time/datetime) type data.
• Editing a Rule Validation
  Use the Properties view to edit the rule validation for the edit box control.
• Removing a Rule Validation
  Use the Properties view to remove rule validations from the edit box control.