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Dynamic Action

Form Events​

The plug-in can be bound with form inputs using standard events such as Lose Focus and Change. For Interactive Grids, the Lose Focus event must be used to properly display validation results.

  • When the event is set to 'Change':

    • 'Value is required' will not be checked when a user activates and leaves a field empty (but will be checked later when the user tries to save the form).
    • Clicking on a quick pick value will trigger the plug-in. The demo app uses this event just to demonstrate incorrect input values.
    • Assignments done by other dynamic actions will trigger the plug-in.

  • When the event is set to ‘Lose Focus’:

    • Clicking on a quick pick value will not trigger the plug-in.

Triggering Elements​

Automatic Constraint Validation Pro uses triggering elements to evaluate a set of DML form items (or interactive grid columns) to be validated. The Selection Type of the dynamic action is typically the jQuery Selector :input to validate all input fields of the current page, or a Region to validate all input fields of a specific region.

  • When the jQuery Selector :input is used, all input items including select lists, popup LOVs, and other item types will trigger the plug-in.
  • When the jQuery Selector input is used, only text, number, and date items will trigger the plug-in.
Generic event handlerRegion-specific event handler

Help in the Page Designer​

The plug-in attributes are exposed along with help text built into the page designer in the Help tab.

An example of the help for the plug-in attribute Settings \ Validation Settings is presented below.