I want to set data entry restrictions on LE values, but only if there is data in the field. Does that mean I will have to add LE programming as opposed to setting Restrictions?

newp, that didn't work. thanx anyways =)

I am in a form, LE is text. It is for a postal code field: if there is data, it should contain two characters. I had my restriction as: = ; ??

I suppose that restriction is somewhat of a paradox, but I only want an error message if data has been entered, otherwise, let the record be saved.

What did it do in Sesame?

I just tried it and it worked exactly as I expected. I put in: "=;??" and it warned me if I put in any characters, but less than or more than two. It doesn't warn me if I put in two characters or none.

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FSGROUP, You need to remove the space after the equal sign, like so: "=; ??" or "=;??" or "??; ="

A space after other restrictions seems to be OK,  But if there is a space after the equal sign, you will always get a message that states "...elements do not meet the required restrictions...", even if you enter a value matching one of the other restrictions.

Note that it also now asks for a required restriction rather than an optional restriction as when there is no space.

Mark, I think this must be a bug since it won't, under any condition, let you save a record if there is a space after the equal sign.