mrc recommends using the Workflow Designer to validate user input going forward.
Source Code
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SOURCE FILE . . . . . . . MRCWORKLIB/QRPGLESRC
MEMBER . . . . . . . . . VALIDDATES
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1 *Author Rick Hurckes
2 *Date: 2011-09-19
10 *This example is designed to illustrate how to call external objects
11 *at the *FLDVALID 09/19/11
20 *location of m-Power applications.
21 *This example will verify that an end user has entered a beginning
22 *and end date and that 09/19/11
29 *the beginning date occurs prior to the end date.
30 C *entry plist
100 C parm @error 99
200 C parm @startdate 8 0
300 C parm @enddate 8 0
400 C
500 C eval @error = *blanks
600 C if @startdate = 0 and @enddate = 0
700 C eval @error = 'Please enter some dates.'
800 C GOTO END
801 C endif
900 C
902 C if @startdate = 0
903 C eval @error = 'You must enter a start date.'
904 C GOTO END
905 C endif
1000 C
1001 C if @enddate = 0
1002 C eval @error = 'You must enter an end date.'
1003 C GOTO END
1005 C endif
1100 C
1101 C if @startdate > @enddate
1102 C eval @error = 'Start date is after end date.'
1103 C GOTO END
1104 C endif
2500 C
2501 C END TAG
2600 C eval *inlr =*on
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