Newbie help: Where's the syntax error????

[BroncoSaurus]

I'm trying to set up a validation formula to make a field a "required entry"
field. I referred to page 352, in PCWeek's "Guide to Lotus Notes/R4" and
attempted to copy the syntax used there. I thought I had it correct, but
Notes keeps burping back that I'm missing and argument, or a bracket, or a
semi-colon . . . depending on how I've tried to move things around. I'm
getting frustrated and would greatly appreciate it if someone could look at
the following code snippet and tell me where I'm fouling things up.

@If( (Company <> "") ; @Success ;
@Failure("Some Warning") )

Like I said except for the field name and the quoted text, it appears
identical to the example I am referring to, but Notes doesn't like it. It
always points to the last couple of characters for the error if that helps.

[Claire Langton]

The formula syntax for not equals is != so try this:

@If( (Company != "") ; @Success ;@Failure("Some Warning") )

Hope this helps

Claire

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[Omicron]

>
@If( (Company <> "") ; @Success ;

@Failure("Some Warning") )
>

> Like I said except for the field name and the quoted text, it appears
> identical to the example I am referring to, but Notes doesn't like it. It
> always points to the last couple of characters for the error if that
helps.
>
>

The syntax looked fine to me so I just copied the exact text above, pasted
it into an agent and got no complaints from Notes. No real help, sorry.

Omicron

[BroncoSaurus]

I tried your example and got "An operator or semicolon was expected but none
was encountered: ')' "
and it highlights the last right parenthesis

Which is what I was getting before. Any ideas?

Claire Langton wrote in message
<927662433.13686.0...@news.demon.co.uk>...

[Omicron]

Egads!

There is a case of the computer doing things behind your back. I missed the
<> issue because, R5 corrected it automatically when I typed it in.

<grins>

Omicron

Claire Langton <cla...@granvilleroad.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:927662433.13686.0...@news.demon.co.uk...

[BroncoSaurus]

ACK! I knew I should have started drinking earlier today . . .

But I am on R4 . . . any clues?

Omicron wrote in message <7if286$etg$1...@oak.prod.itd.earthlink.net>...

[Scaba]

BroncoSaurus,

Do you have any statements in your formula after this one? If so,
you'll need a semicolon at the end of this statement.

<== Scaba ==>

On Tue, 25 May 1999 19:42:46 GMT, "BroncoSaurus"
<t...@nospamplease.inr.net> had the unmitigated audacity to say:

|I'm trying to set up a validation formula to make a field a "required entry"
|field. I referred to page 352, in PCWeek's "Guide to Lotus Notes/R4" and
|attempted to copy the syntax used there. I thought I had it correct, but
|Notes keeps burping back that I'm missing and argument, or a bracket, or a
|semi-colon . . . depending on how I've tried to move things around. I'm
|getting frustrated and would greatly appreciate it if someone could look at
|the following code snippet and tell me where I'm fouling things up.
|

|@If( (Company <> "") ; @Success ;

|@Failure("Some Warning") )
|

|Like I said except for the field name and the quoted text, it appears
|identical to the example I am referring to, but Notes doesn't like it. It
|always points to the last couple of characters for the error if that helps.
|

"There are only two kinds of artists: the plagiarists and the revolutionaries."

-- Paul Gauguin

[BroncoSaurus]

OK, my bad . . . I had a default value in the script before the @If
statement. That was causing the problem. When I deleted it . . . all was
well. Thank you to everyone who helped!
Scaba wrote in message
<27DAE693080FB922.E8A1E8B9...@library-proxy.airnews.ne
t>...

[BroncoSaurus]

Nope, I don't . . . but thanks for the advice. I'm sure it will come in
handy as
I go about destroying this database in the future. <g>

[Tony Landi]

BroncoSaurus ha scritto nel messaggio ...

>I'm trying to set up a validation formula to make a field a "required
entry"
>field. I referred to page 352, in PCWeek's "Guide to Lotus Notes/R4" and
>attempted to copy the syntax used there. I thought I had it correct, but

....

>
>@If( (Company <> "") ; @Success ;
>@Failure("Some Warning") )
>

try this:
@If( (Company != "") ; @Success ;