that just means if you are using text and enter less than say: bbbbb
and the user enters aaaaa the form will validate because aaaa is before bbbbb
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| Thank you so much for your quick reply. Yes, you are right! I do mean the
| options under Data values. In HELP it says "To specify a value constraint,
| such as requiring the value in the field to be greater than 10..." In the
| notes section below it reads: "Note: the validation rule will use
| alphabetical-order comparisons if the data type is Text or No Constraints".
| This leads me to believe that I could enter something in the Field must be:
| Value: section that would somehow validate a combination of letters. What I
| am trying to achieve is to have FrontPage validate a password field that is
| not simply based on the length or type (text, number, etc.).
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| mw
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| "Stefan B Rusynko" wrote:
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| > If you mean the options under Data values
| > - That is a numeric comparison (and should not be used)
| >
| > All you need to do is set the file to required
| > - if it must always be 5 char long set the min & max values to 5
| >
| > The Text format is only used if you are constraining those 5 char to letters or numbers or both
| >
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| > SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
| > "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
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| > | While I do know what alphabetical order is, I'm not sure what this feature is
| > | comparing. I would like to validate a simple password field. There are no
| > | constraints (on text, numbers, etc.) but field should only be 5 characters
| > | long. In order to add some measure of security? I thought I add: greater
| > | than 5 and less than 10 as values but I have no idea what those (alphabetical
| > | order comparison) values mean or how they work. Any ideas would be great.
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| > | mw
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