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Minimum and maximum length: Enter a numerical value for the minimum and
maximum character length required for this field.
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Equal to: Use the drop-down to select another field that is already added to the
same Form. The contents of both fields must match for the data to be validated. This
is useful for confirmation fields such as for passwords, email addresses etc.
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Under Warnings, type the message that will be displayed to the user if the input is not
valid.
The name attribute of Form elements is sent to the server (together with the input value) after
the form has been submitted. When adding an element to a Form or Fieldset, you cannot
specify a name; the ID will be copied to the element's name attribute. After adding the element to
the Form or Fieldset you can change the name on the Attributes pane.
Specifying a default value
Attribute a default value to a Text, Textarea and other Form elements by dragging a field from
the Data Model pane directly onto the field, once it has been created. This also works when
dragging a field from a detail table in a record set into a Form element that is contained within a
Dynamic Table.
Note that the default value doesn't disappear when the user clicks the field, as placeholders do.
To insert a placeholder in a field, type a label and choose Use label as placeholder as its style
when adding the element to the form; see "Adding elements to a Form" on page342.
Making elements required
To change the validation of a COTG or Form element, right-click the element and choose
Validation settings. Now you can change the Form's validation method and set the
requirements per field; see "Changing a Form's validation method" on page433.
Grouping data using arrays
A Job Data File is an XML file created by a Workflow process on submitting a Web Form or
COTG Form. Grouping data in a Job Data File greatly simplifies both the Data Mapping
workflow and looping over data in Designer scripts. A simple method to create arrays in that
data file is to use two pairs of square brackets in the name of the form inputs. Put the name of
the array between the first pair of square brackets. Between the second pair of square brackets,
define the key to which the value belongs. Consider the following HTML form inputs:
<input type="hidden" name="user_account"
value="[e-mail]">
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