[DUG] Validate data entry

[Todd]

Hi Wallace

Write a procedure for the validation routine in the DataModule. Then
call it from the OnKeyPress event in each form.

Todd.

> I'm entering quite a lot of data from different forms into a single database. I need to validate the data on each entry point on each form. 
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> If I use a OnKeyPress, I can write a routine to get what I want, but I would like to use the routine directly off the field in the DataModule and not on each form. 
> In the DM, the OnValidate only checks the data when it is about to be written which is too late. 
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> The main problems are numbers in the incorrect format ie 2 decimal points, or multiple signs etc. A maximum and minimum range would be a real bonus.
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> How do I do this ?
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> Thanks Wallace
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