Validate method: FieldDefn class

Syntax

Validate()

Description

Use this method to validate a field definition.

Parameters

None.

Returns

A Boolean value. True if the field definition is successfully validated; false otherwise. If it returns false, the detailed error messages are available through the Messages property.

Example

Local FieldDefn &newField = CreateFieldDefn();
If All(&newField) Then
   &newField.Name = "MYNEWFIELD";
   &newField.Type = %FieldType_Char;
   &newField.Description = "My new field";
   &retVal = &newField.SetLabel("MYNEWFIELD", "My field", "My New Field", True);
   /* do error checking … */
   Local date &myDate = Date3(1900, 1, 1);
   &retVal = &newField.SetTranslateValue("A", True, &myDate, "My New XLAT", "My XLAT");
   /* do error checking … */
   &retVal = &newField.Validate();
End-If;