Implicit validation only work when the InputField has changed

Question

Hi all,
we're trying to implement implicit validation.
When we define a DDIC type with minLenght 5 the inputfield is not automatically checked if the mapped value has the lenght of 5. The inputfield is only checked if the user changes it.
Is there a trick archieving implicit validation even if the user didn't change any inputfield?
Best regards,
Christian

Answer 1

Hi Christian,
obviously my last answer was lost (i can't see it). SDN is little bit tricky these days. I repost it here:
Hi Christian,
no, it works as expected. Create a value node "TestNode" with an value attribute Name5 in the context. Name5's type is a SimpleType base string with MaxLength = 32, MinLength = 5. Add a supplyFunction to TestNode. Then insert the following code into the supply function (adapt the view name of course):
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
IWDAttributeInfo name5Info = node.getNodeInfo().getAttribute(IPrivateDTView.ITestNodeElement.NAME5);
ISimpleType name5Type = name5Info.getSimpleType();
for (int ix = 0; ix < 10; ix++) {
  IPrivateDTView.ITestNodeElement el = node.createTestNodeElement();
  node.addElement(el);
  el.setName5(sb.toString());
  sb.append('A');
/* Checking */
for (int ix = 0; ix < 10; ix++) {
  IPrivateDTView.ITestNodeElement el = node.getTestNodeElementAt(ix);
  try {
    name5Type.checkValid(el.getName5());
  } catch (DdCheckException e) {
    wdComponentAPI.getMessageManager().reportInvalidContextAttributeException(
      el,
      name5Info,
      "Hoppla, zu kurz: " + e.getMessage(),
      false);
You'll get 5 error lines displayed by message manager for the strings with 0..4 characters.
Hmmm? Please check, if this works for you too.
Best regards
Stefan
PS: If this answer appears multiple times, ignore it, since i'm currently getting exceptions posting it