Error mesage

[Mr.sharipov]

how to display a message when the field is a numeric type blank? not a system error "out of range"

[Saint]

Can use this code:

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if var = notappl or missing then "type error message to display here"; endif;

[josh]

You don't want "missing" in the check. If a numeric field is blank the value in logic will be "notappl". Missing is used when you have a special code designed in the value set for missing, not for blank fields. Also you need to use errmsg() to show the message.

if var = notappl then
  errmsg("type error message to display here");
endif;

[Mr.sharipov]

Thank you, but this code does not work. When you leave the type of numerical empty leaving a message "ot of-range"

[josh]

The out of range if from the system built in range check which does not allow blank (notappl) if you are in system controlled mode. You can turn this off using the set behavior statement:

set behavior(MYVAR) canenter(notappl) on (noconfirm); // turn of blank check for field MYVAR

or

set behavior() canenter(notappl) on (noconfirm); // turn of blank check for all fields

Note that some people using system control mode prefer to use a missing value instead of blank to make is easier to distinguish between fields that the user left blank and fields that were skipped using the skip statement which are also set to notappl.