Mandatory number of characters

[lifelove853]

Hello,

I have a field that is required. I have it set to required and I have the characters set to 6. I can still enter 1 number and there is no error. I need this field to validate that it has 6 characters. Can anyone help me with a script?

[Niall_O_Donovan]

Hi,

Having the following javascript in the exit event will warning the user and set the focus back to the field:

if (this.rawValue.length < 6)

{

     app.alert("This field must have at least 6 digits");

     xfa.host.setFocus(this);

}

Good luck,

Niall

[AKloft]

You could also apply a validation pattern to the field with something like text{999999}

[lifelove853]

Hello and thank you so much for your help. I was able to use:

if

(Speedtype.length < 6)then

Speedtype

=""

xfa.host.messageBox("This field must have at least 6 digits")

else

Speedtype

=Speedtype

endif

This worked for me well, I wouldn't have been able to find it without your help. Thanks so much

[AKloft · Accepted solution]

you may also want to check for > 6 too, if you are saying they can only have 6 characters in the field.  Validation pattern would ahve been just as good, but it's personal preference.

[lifelove853]

E-mail me

lucy.green@umassmed.edu

I can't get the validation to work

[lifelove853]

Ok so I got it to work using the validations. Much Much easier. no scripting needed but it is good to know both ways. Thanks both of you for all your help. i'm sure we will cross paths again.

[AKloft]

you can ignore my e-mailed solution then   Glad to hear you got the validation to work!