These steps and this piece of code helps reduce the number of lines of code that are usually written to validate fields on a form.
- Create a hidden field multi-value "fieldlist" on the form and list all of the fields that need to be validated in the format of <Field Name>"~"<Field Label>".
Example: "IR_txIA~Inventory Admin":"IR_txItem~Item":"IR_Justify~Justification";
- Declare FieldItem as notesitem , FieldName as string and FieldLabel as string.
- Create a function named Validation and copy the following code:
Function Validation
Validation=False
Set fielditem=doc.getfirstitem("flist")
Forall v In fielditem.Values
fieldname=Strtoken(v, "~", 1)
fieldLabel=Strtoken(v, "~", 2)
If Trim(uidoc.fieldgettext(fieldname))=
"" Then
Call ValidationMessage(uidoc,
fieldName, fieldLabel)
Exit Function
End If
End Forall
validation=True
End Function
That's all!
Even if there are n number of fields on the form, only these few lines of code are required to validate all of them . In my case, all of the fields are text; for other data types, the code can be enhanced on the same logic.
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