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I'm looking for a method to filter out non-printing characters from a prompted variable in an interactive template.  Alternately is there a way to prevent pasting into a field prompt?  Thanks in advance,

-Rob Doucette.

Hi Robert.

Thanks for your question.

Can you expand on where you are looking to restrict the prompt content ?

i.e Are you using the EngageOne Designer Interactive Data Field and Interactive Variable option "Visible on XForm" to invoke the prompt on the Interactive Web Client or directly within the EngageOne Interactive Editor (ActiveX or Desktop App) ?

Assuming that you are referencing an Interactive Data Field or Interactive Variable "string" data type , the default will allow entry of any valid Windows character supported by the Designer Field / Variable font reference within the Interactive Editor.

Currently , the only method to restrict Interactive Editor prompt choices , is to define the EngageOne Designer Interactive Data Field or Interactive Variable using the Field or Variable definition dialog options ;

1. "Set data validation rules -> Data validation -> Choices"

2. "Validate choices: -> Selection type"  and choose as appropriate from one of ;

Drop Down list

Radio Buttons

Check Boxes

3. Select "Selection values: -> Define" to invoke the "Define" choices dialog where you can enter the list of choices.

 These defined choices will then be the only valid choices allowed when the EngageOne Designer Publication using these Interactive Data Field / Variable choice definitions is published to , imported by EngageOne Server and subsequently used within EngageOne Interactive web client and Editor.

If the above does not meet your requirement, please raise an ideas portal request.

I'm looking for a method to filter out non-printing characters from a prompted variable in an interactive template.  Alternately is there a way to prevent pasting into a field prompt?  Thanks in advance,

-Rob Doucette.

Thanks for the response, Paul, your assumption is correct on the use case.

I'm seeing instances where end users are using copy/paste for data entry and are inadvertently including non-printing character data into the strings. The non-printing characters are causing downstream processes to fail.  Those processes are not able to modify any input data, this is by policy.

Something like a regex mask (I know this isn't a product feature) could restrict input characters to alpha numerics.

Hi Robert.

Thanks for your question.

Can you expand on where you are looking to restrict the prompt content ?

i.e Are you using the EngageOne Designer Interactive Data Field and Interactive Variable option "Visible on XForm" to invoke the prompt on the Interactive Web Client or directly within the EngageOne Interactive Editor (ActiveX or Desktop App) ?

Assuming that you are referencing an Interactive Data Field or Interactive Variable "string" data type , the default will allow entry of any valid Windows character supported by the Designer Field / Variable font reference within the Interactive Editor.

Currently , the only method to restrict Interactive Editor prompt choices , is to define the EngageOne Designer Interactive Data Field or Interactive Variable using the Field or Variable definition dialog options ;

1. "Set data validation rules -> Data validation -> Choices"

2. "Validate choices: -> Selection type"  and choose as appropriate from one of ;

Drop Down list

Radio Buttons

Check Boxes

3. Select "Selection values: -> Define" to invoke the "Define" choices dialog where you can enter the list of choices.

 These defined choices will then be the only valid choices allowed when the EngageOne Designer Publication using these Interactive Data Field / Variable choice definitions is published to , imported by EngageOne Server and subsequently used within EngageOne Interactive web client and Editor.

If the above does not meet your requirement, please raise an ideas portal request.

I'm looking for a method to filter out non-printing characters from a prompted variable in an interactive template.  Alternately is there a way to prevent pasting into a field prompt?  Thanks in advance,

-Rob Doucette.

Thanks for the response, Paul, your assumption is correct on the use case.

I'm seeing instances where end users are using copy/paste for data entry and are inadvertently including non-printing character data into the strings. The non-printing characters are causing downstream processes to fail.  Those processes are not able to modify any input data, this is by policy.

Something like a regex mask (I know this isn't a product feature) could restrict input characters to alpha numerics.

Hi Robert.

Thanks for your question.

Can you expand on where you are looking to restrict the prompt content ?

i.e Are you using the EngageOne Designer Interactive Data Field and Interactive Variable option "Visible on XForm" to invoke the prompt on the Interactive Web Client or directly within the EngageOne Interactive Editor (ActiveX or Desktop App) ?

Assuming that you are referencing an Interactive Data Field or Interactive Variable "string" data type , the default will allow entry of any valid Windows character supported by the Designer Field / Variable font reference within the Interactive Editor.

Currently , the only method to restrict Interactive Editor prompt choices , is to define the EngageOne Designer Interactive Data Field or Interactive Variable using the Field or Variable definition dialog options ;

1. "Set data validation rules -> Data validation -> Choices"

2. "Validate choices: -> Selection type"  and choose as appropriate from one of ;

Drop Down list

Radio Buttons

Check Boxes

3. Select "Selection values: -> Define" to invoke the "Define" choices dialog where you can enter the list of choices.

 These defined choices will then be the only valid choices allowed when the EngageOne Designer Publication using these Interactive Data Field / Variable choice definitions is published to , imported by EngageOne Server and subsequently used within EngageOne Interactive web client and Editor.

If the above does not meet your requirement, please raise an ideas portal request.

I'm looking for a method to filter out non-printing characters from a prompted variable in an interactive template.  Alternately is there a way to prevent pasting into a field prompt?  Thanks in advance,

-Rob Doucette.

The request for a regex validation method for strings has been in the ideas for years already..... please vote

Thanks for the response, Paul, your assumption is correct on the use case.

I'm seeing instances where end users are using copy/paste for data entry and are inadvertently including non-printing character data into the strings. The non-printing characters are causing downstream processes to fail.  Those processes are not able to modify any input data, this is by policy.

Something like a regex mask (I know this isn't a product feature) could restrict input characters to alpha numerics.

Hi Robert.

Thanks for your question.

Can you expand on where you are looking to restrict the prompt content ?

i.e Are you using the EngageOne Designer Interactive Data Field and Interactive Variable option "Visible on XForm" to invoke the prompt on the Interactive Web Client or directly within the EngageOne Interactive Editor (ActiveX or Desktop App) ?

Assuming that you are referencing an Interactive Data Field or Interactive Variable "string" data type , the default will allow entry of any valid Windows character supported by the Designer Field / Variable font reference within the Interactive Editor.

Currently , the only method to restrict Interactive Editor prompt choices , is to define the EngageOne Designer Interactive Data Field or Interactive Variable using the Field or Variable definition dialog options ;

1. "Set data validation rules -> Data validation -> Choices"

2. "Validate choices: -> Selection type"  and choose as appropriate from one of ;

Drop Down list

Radio Buttons

Check Boxes

3. Select "Selection values: -> Define" to invoke the "Define" choices dialog where you can enter the list of choices.

 These defined choices will then be the only valid choices allowed when the EngageOne Designer Publication using these Interactive Data Field / Variable choice definitions is published to , imported by EngageOne Server and subsequently used within EngageOne Interactive web client and Editor.

If the above does not meet your requirement, please raise an ideas portal request.

I'm looking for a method to filter out non-printing characters from a prompted variable in an interactive template.  Alternately is there a way to prevent pasting into a field prompt?  Thanks in advance,

-Rob Doucette.