Interface ClientValidation::setClientValidationMessage

Description

In BBj 22.10 and higher, this method is used to specify the message that will be displayed to the user when the control fails client validation.

Syntax

Return Value

Method

void

setClientValidationMessage(String message)

Parameters

Variable Description
message Error message to be displayed next to this control when the validation function indicates that the value is invalid.

Return Value

None.

Remarks

None.

Example

rem ' ClientValidation::setClientValidationMessage Example

rem ' Client Validation
sysgui = unt
open (sysgui)"X0"
sysgui! = bbjapi().getSysGui()
flags$ = $00090083$
window! = sysgui!.addWindow(50,50,500,500,"Client Validation",flags$)
window!.setCallback(window!.ON_CLOSE,"eoj")

rem ' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plate
window!.addStaticText(101,25,25,100,25,"License Plate:",$8000$)
lic$ = "ABC123"
lic! = window!.addEditBox(102,130,25,200,25,lic$,$$)
lic!.setName("license")
lic!.setToolTipText("License Plate is 1-12 letters or digits.")
lic!.setAttribute("pattern","^[a-zA-Z0-9 ]*$")
lic!.setAttribute("minlength","1")
lic!.setAttribute("maxlength","12")
lic!.setCallback(lic!.ON_LOST_FOCUS,"blur")
licvalid! = window!.addButton(103,350,25,125,25,"isValid?")
licvalid!.setName("License isValid?")
licvalid!.setCallback(licvalid!.ON_BUTTON_PUSH,"licvalid")
js$ = "return text.length >= 1 && text.length <= 12 && /^[a-zA-Z0-9 ]*$/.test(text)"
lic!.setClientValidationFunction(js$)
print "License getClientValidationFunction:"
print lic!.getClientValidationFunction()
lic!.setClientValidationMessage("License plate is required.")
print "License getClientValidationMessage:"
print lic!.getClientValidationMessage()

rem ' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_identification_number
rem ' https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30314850/vin-validation-regex
window!.addStaticText(104,25,75,100,25,"VIN:",$8000$)
mask$ = fill(17,"Z")
vin$ = "1M8GDM9AXKP042788"
vin! = window!.addInputE(105,130,75,200,25,$$,mask$,"",0,vin$,vin$)
vin!.setToolTipText("VIN is 17 letters and digits.")
vin!.setName("VIN")
vin!.setAttribute("pattern","[A-HJ-NPR-Z0-9]{17}")
vin!.setAttribute("minlength","17")
vin!.setAttribute("maxlength","17")
vinvalid! = window!.addButton(106,350,75,125,25,"isValid?")
vinvalid!.setName("VIN isValid?")
vinvalid!.setCallback(vinvalid!.ON_BUTTON_PUSH,"vinvalid")

rem ' omit the check digit calculation
js$ = "return text.length == 17 && /[A-HJ-NPR-Z0-9]{17}/.test(text)"

rem ' include the check digit calculation
gosub js; rem ' VIN check digit calculation functions
js$ = js$ + "return text.length == 17 && /[A-HJ-NPR-Z0-9]{17}/.test(text) && validate(text)"
vin!.setClientValidationFunction(js$)
print "VIN getClientValidationFunction:"
print vin!.getClientValidationFunction()
vin!.setClientValidationMessage("Invalid VIN format.")
print "VIN getClientValidationMessage:"
print vin!.getClientValidationMessage()
vin!.setCallback(vin!.ON_LOST_FOCUS,"blur")
accept! = window!.addButton(1,130,125,200,25,"Accept",$$)
accept!.setName("Accept")
accept!.setCallback(accept!.ON_FORM_VALIDATION,"valid")
accept!.setCallback(accept!.ON_BUTTON_PUSH,"accept")
cancel! = window!.addButton(2,350,125,125,25,"Cancel",$$)
cancel!.setName("Cancel")
cancel!.setCallback(cancel!.ON_BUTTON_PUSH,"cancel")
events! = window!.addCEdit(109,25,175,450,300,$$,$0184$)
event = 0
process_events

eoj:
release

valid:
    event! = sysgui!.getLastEvent()
    info$ = ""
    gosub event
    print event!.getEventName()
    event!.accept(1)
    i = msgbox("Form passed client validation",0,event!.getEventName())
return

accept:
    event! = sysgui!.getLastEvent()
    info$ = ""
    gosub event
    print event!.getEventName()
    i = msgbox("Process known valid form",0,event!.getEventName())
return

cancel:
    event! = sysgui!.getLastEvent()
    info$ = ""
    gosub event
    print event!.getEventName()
    i = msgbox("Cancel form",0,event!.getEventName())
return

blur:
    event! = sysgui!.getLastEvent()
    temp$ = "isTemporary="+Boolean.toString(event!.isTemporary())
    valid$ = "isValid="+Boolean.toString(event!.isClientValidationValid())
    info$ = temp$+" "+valid$
    gosub event
    control! = event!.getControl()
    print event!.getEventName()," ",control!.getName()," ",info$
return

licvalid:
    event! = sysgui!.getLastEvent()
    isValid! = lic!.isClientValidationValid()
    info$ = Boolean.toString(isValid!)
    gosub event
    print event!.getEventName()," ",info$
    i = msgbox(info$,0,"License Valid?")
return

vinvalid:
    event! = sysgui!.getLastEvent()
    info$ = ""
    gosub event
    isValid! = vin!.isClientValidationValid()
    msg$ = Boolean.toString(isValid!)
    print event!.getEventName()," ",msg$
    i = msgbox(msg$,0,"VIN Valid?")
return

event:
    event! = sysgui!.getLastEvent()
    event$ = event!.getEventName()
    control! = event!.getControl()
    control$ = control!.getName()
    event = event + 1
    msg$ = str(event)+" "+event$+" "+control$+" "+info$
    events!.addParagraph(-1,msg$)
    events!.highlight(-1,0,-1,0)
return

rem ' VIN check digit calculation
rem ' https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26407015/javascript-jquery-vin-validator
js:
    js$ = ""
    js$ = js$ + "function transliterate(c)"
    js$ = js$ + "{"
    js$ = js$ + "return '0123456789.ABCDEFGH..JKLMN.P.R..STUVWXYZ'.indexOf(c) % 10;"
    js$ = js$ + "}"
    js$ = js$ + "function get_check_digit(vin)"
    js$ = js$ + "{"
    js$ = js$ + "var map = '0123456789X';"
    js$ = js$ + "var weights = '8765432X098765432';"
    js$ = js$ + "var sum = 0;"
    js$ = js$ + "for (var i = 0; i < 17; ++i)"
    js$ = js$ + "sum += transliterate(vin[i]) * map.indexOf(weights[i]);"
    js$ = js$ + "return map[sum % 11];"
    js$ = js$ + "}"
    js$ = js$ + "function validate(vin)"
    js$ = js$ + "{"
    js$ = js$ + "if (vin.length !== 17) return false;"
    js$ = js$ + "return get_check_digit(vin) === vin[8];"
    js$ = js$ + "}"
return

See Also

BBjAPI

BBjSysGui

BBjControl

ClientValidation

See the BBj Object Diagram for an illustration of the relationship between BBj Objects.