This section on the Field Details page provides control over displaying of error and hint information with this field. These options should be considered along with the settings on the Page Details page.
The Validation select box allows us to control whether the data entered by the user for this field should be validated or not when the page is submitted. We can either turn this on or off, or set it to be dynamic based on some data binding information. Even if this field is set to be validated, the Validate
option on the appropriate submission event must be ticked for the validation to take place.
Enabling the Create Message Container check box will create a container beside the field, to contain any error or other messages. This is required for the Local Error Message
functionality from the Page Details section to work for this field.
Once this has been selected, a Hint can be specified by selecting the Provide Hint checkbox. A hint is a custom message that should help the user know what to enter for this field, or what the information is saying. The two styling boxes allow CSS to be applied to the message container when it is showing the hint, and the Hint Message text area should be used to enter the actual hint message. The Error Display Method setting on the Page Details page will control how the hint is displayed.
The Show Server Message checkbox allows you to associate this field with messages from the server. If this is selected, some binding information will need to be provided to set where the message should come from. If this option is selected, and matching data is present in the incoming data, this incoming message will be shown next to the field, overriding any hint that may be specified. Any client side validation errors that occur once the page has loaded will override any server messages or hints specified. The Retain through client side validation checkbox sets what should then be shown after the client side validation problem has been fixed. If ticked, the server message will be re-shown, otherwise the hint or no message will be shown as appropriate. The final two boxes should be used to set how the server message should be styled when it is being shown.