RE: DSPF DDS CHECK(VNE)

[David FOXWELL <David.FOXWELL@xxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Message d'origine-----
De la part de Simon Coulter
> It's not difficult but you do have to concentrate. (A concept
> unfamiliar to the MTV generation but a necessary life-skill
> nonetheless.)

A quick Google on MTV and I'm none the wiser.



> I am understanding, from the
> example,
> > that AB and VNE are combined so that a blank is then
> acceptable in a
> > zone with CHECK(VNE).
>
> Unclear exactly what you mean by that sentence. AB will allow
> the field to be completely blank. It will not allow it to
> contain embedded blanks. Trailing blanks are always allowed.

Then I don't understand what 'CHECK(AB) is propagated to this field' means in the example.


> > I still do not understand what is meant by "the name" in the help
> > text. What name?
>
> The name being validated of course. The documentation states
> this is the case:

Are you saying that the text entered in the field with CHECK(VNE) must be the name of an object on the system, or that the characteres entered must be characters that can be used in a name of an object on the system?