Question on validation

Hi Guys,
I have been trying out Adobe livecycle ES4 designer. I am wondering if it possible to reject the value that the user has input in a numeric/decimal field after it has fail a custom javascript validation. For example, the field has a boundary validation from 1 to 1000 and its original value of 10. The user changes the value of the field to 1111, the current behavior is such that there will be a validation error message however the value 1111 is still "accepted", Is it possible to revert the value to 10 once the new value fails the validation. i have tried using xfa.event.prevText and xfa.event.newText, however at the validate event, both xfa.event.newText and xfa.event.prevText return empty,

The best way to handle your situation is to store the value of your field in a variable when the user enters the field (ie before they change the value of the field).
For instance, say your variable is 'storeValue', you would put in the enter event of your field, storeValue.value=this.rawValue.
If your validation fails, you would script this.rawValue=storeValue.value;
There are other scripting methods for undoing events that are more complex but can go a long way. Here is one by John Brinkman: http://blogs.adobe.com/formfeed/Samples/scopeSample1.pdf
Kyle

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Set a valid counter variable for the number of fields with content
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1). Yes, scripting within Livecycle can be for a single field or even static text, images and other artifacts within the PDF. Really anything, within Adobe's reason, when it comes to scripting.
2). It depends on what you want to do. Things like field validations, calculations and other instances where fields are tied togther really dictate how the script runs.
3). Fields that have calculations or validations with them work in the same, I believe. So for example I have a PDF that I made that is an Excel-type sheet that contains a few hundred cells and every single one has some type of validation or calculation associated with it. I generally run the calculations/validations from the user inputting the data and then after that the script runs, but again, it really dpeneds on what you are doing and with what, so answering some of your questions are a bit difficult.
Javascrip/Formcalc are wonderful tools within PDF, but don't forget the Action Builder (Tools -Action Builder). It is a set of preloaded actions that are turn-key. Just select the cells that will have the action and select the result you want from the preloaded list of actions, using those actions can get you very far, and most of all; they are quick to implement without researching code. So for example, you could use the Action Builder to create an action that checks certain fields and if they are null to return a 1 value to a specific numericField (these could be hidden). Then have a "total" numericField (this would be your counter) that adds all of those fields with the 1 in it. Then create another Action Builder for that "total" numericField and if it is less than 3, display a message box that is a warning.

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Hi,
If I use co process in a shell script , what is the best way to do the error validation of the execution of any sql statements . I was trying to change the following code to make use of co process concept. When I tried echo $? after the execution of a "wrong statements"
it is still giving Zero output ( meaning success)
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
cat ${CFG_DIR}/srs_indx.lst | egrep -v '^#' | egrep -v '^[    ]*$' | while read x
do
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set verify on timing on term on echo on feedback on serveroutput on
WHENEVER SQLERROR CONTINUE
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WHENEVER SQLERROR EXIT FAILURE
alter session set query_rewrite_enabled = true;
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tablespace $tblspc
$param;
exit
EOT
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if ( test $RC -ne 0 )
then
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Any help will be appreciated .
with thanks and regards
Ranjeesh K R

Hi,
Thanks for the response, I guess people misunderstood my question .
My question was about "error handling in case of CO PROCESS". For those who don't know about this, in case CO PROCESS you just need to login once to Oracle. In my above code It is logging in & out for each entry in the list. CO process statements may look Similar to SQL statements in pro*C. In PRO*C we use EXEC, but here print -p statements..
a sample is given for those who are new to co process.
sqlplus -s /nolog |& # Open a pipe to SQL*Plus
print -p -- 'connect user/password@instance'
print -p -- 'set feed off pause off pages 0 head off veri off line 500'
print -p -- 'set term off time off'
print -p -- "set sqlprompt ''"
print -p -- "select sysdate from dual;"
read -p SYSDATE
print -p -- "select user from dual;"
read -p USER
print -p -- "select global_name from global_name;"
read -p GLOBAL_NAME
print -p -- exit
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spf.setNamespace(true);
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fact.setFeature("http://apache.org/xml/features/validation/schema-full-checking", true);
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Why sun tutorial use property:http://java.sun.com/xml/properties/jaxp/schemaLanguage
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Do you not think that perhaps you're answering your own question here?
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Adam

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Hi Here is the code...
May be it will be useful..
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            rg_id    RecordGroup;
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            errcode NUMBER;
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            V_VAL              NUMBER;
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</address>Edited by: www.jegue.net on Jan 13, 2009 9:48 AM
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Hi,
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-- test.xml -------------------------------------
<!DOCTYPE test SYSTEM "test.dtd">
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<elm/>
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<elm num="2">
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import java.net.*;
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ERROR : file:/c:/test.xml<Line 3, Column 8>: XML-0150: (Error) Element elm not complete, expected elements '[name]'.
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START : test
ERROR : file:/c:/test.xml<Line 3, Column 8>: XML-0138: (Error) REQUIRED attribute 'num' is not specified.
START : elm
ERROR : file:/c:/test.xml<Line 3, Column 8>: XML-0150: (Error) Element elm not complete, expected elements '[name]'.
START : elm
START : name
START : elm
START : name

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Denis77 wrote:
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Most likely, the old sparse bundle is corrupted, and Time Machine can't use it. Try repairing it, per #A5 in the Time Machine - Troubleshooting *User Tip,* also at the top of this forum.
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I have a couple of general questions on validation.
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The field should allow the user to type-in a string consisting of 1 or more alphanumeric characters (it could be a foreign language characters as well)
and 1 or more special characters like $ or #.
I thought this would also generate an error message if the user clicks the Submit button while leaving the field empty. But, again, I get no error message. Why?
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Thanks very much, Justin.
When I saw the regexp_like() function in your reply, I am wondering if, perhaps, you might also have some insight into how I can ckeck if a field contains non-English type characters (i.e., mult-byte characters). I already posted a question about this an hour ago but have not gotton any replies as yet. In my post I asked about using the regular expression pattern [[:alnum:]] since the docs state that this will check for mult-byte characters. And so, I thought if perhaps there is some function I might use to return a boolean TRUE if a field contains non-English characters versus a FALSE if it contains only English characters.
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