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Edit variable length field

2008-10-22 05:00:19

johnmolina

Registered: Mar 27 2008

Posts: 76

I have a text field that has fixed numeric and Alpha fields with a total of 18 characters. However the last 7 are optional and can be alpha or numeric (it currently makes me enter all 18)

T1234-5678C0001

T0004-0123B000023

T0004-0123B000023A

I have it set as:

A9999-9999AOOOOOOO

Is there a value that I can replace the 'O's with to allow alpha or numeric, but not require all of them to be filled? Sounds simple, but cannot locate this option.

Thank you.

My Product Information:
LiveCycle Designer, Windows

2008-11-03 12:38:11

thomp

Registered: Feb 15 2006

Posts: 4411

The format of the LiveCycle designer input and validation patterns is called a Picture Clause. There is a whole document about writing them. You'll find it near the bottom of this page.

http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/xml/index_arch.php

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