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Example: Check social security entries

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Suppose you have an application like the following:
Data application window

This application has a window as its parent part. And it has the following child parts:

To use the Form Input Checker to validate the data type of the text entry field:

  1. Place a Form Input Checker part formchek on the free-form surface. The part is in the Data Entry category.
  2. Click mouse button 2 (or 3) on the Form Input Checker part to pop up its menu.
  3. Select Connect > verificationRoot from the pop-up menu. The mouse cursor changes to spider
  4. Click on the window.
  5. From the displayed pop-up menu, select All Features.
  6. From the displayed window, select the attribute self and then OK.

Now, complete steps similar to steps 2 through 6 to make three more connections:

Finally, run the application. If you enter nine digits in the text pane and click on Add Data, the window closes. If you enter invalid data for the Social Security Number type--such as letters--and click on Add Data, a message box saying "Invalid Social Security Number" is displayed.


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