Hi Trent.

Yes, by facility I was referring to the AutoAdjustMaxLength proerty... just could not remember the name of it. Thanks for clarifying

I am not sure what you mean by "facility".  But for quite a while now, we have already had a property on the TextBox called AutoAdjustMaxLength that when set, automatically adjusts the max length of the field.  Some of the comments in this post were prior to that property existing which is what I assume you were referring to.

Hi

Just wondering if this does anything different to the facility that is there now as standard in StartaFrame ?

Guys,

My team did a class to control something like that (see attached file).

You only write something like that:

fixFormFieldsMaxLength(formname)

Enjoy it!

Luiz

Great!

Edhy Rijo

Trent -



Super, and thanks!



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Max length is already on the slate to be implemented at the control level.  The BO already has the field lengths so it is just a matter of implementing logic within controls such as the textbox, etc. to prevent field length issues.  This would obviosuly be a flag that would force the max length.  So this is already on the slate to be implemented.

Hi Alex,

I agreed with you and would also like to see this implemented/managed via the BOM in a near update.

Edhy Rijo

I don't mean to pour salt into old wounds, but...



I have a question concerning the BO v. control-based validation of value lengths. In apps where essentially all data entry is via forms/controls, maxlength seems like a nice, clean approach. If SF can automatically set (and update when the underlying column widths change) those values based on BOM metadata for us, even better since I don't get any rush setting .maxlength properties these days.



If, however, the app deals with data mining or other importing of external data sans a UI (but using a BO), then the control-based solution is perhaps a bit less of a solution? In my past (VFP/Visual FoxExpress) life as well as my current reincarnation (C#/StrataFrame) it seems I am always dealing with importing of significant amounts of data and I would love to have my BOs deal with whatever it can without requiring my taking time for more complex business logic implementation.



Just interested in everyone's comments on the above... without getting too intense or fanatical... At the end of the day we're all here 'cause we luv SF!!!



Thanks.

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