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Validating the Data That Users Enter

This topic describes how to validate the data that the user enters in Siebel CRM Desktop. It includes the following topics:

• Preparing to Use Validation
• Making Sure Users Enter Information in a Field
• Making Sure Users Enter Unique Values
• Making Sure Users Do Not Exceed the Maximum Number of Characters
• Creating Custom Validations

A validator is a type of form handler that you can specify to validate the information that a user enters. You typically specify all validators in the InitValidators procedure of correspondent form handler class in the SBL.Forms script library. There are many predefined validators in the SD3.Validator platform script library. Custom validator classes may also be added in SBL.Forms library.