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    Using a Text Length Validator
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    You can create a validator that checks to see if the text length is within a specified range.

    A validation error occurs if the value is not valid. You can also create an action, such as adding a backcolor to the cell, that lets the user know the value is invalid.

    Use the TextLengthValidator class to create the validator. Specify a notification type such as CellStyleNotify. Then use the AddValidators method to add the validator to a cell range.

    The following image displays an invalid backcolor in the cell.

    Text length validator

    Using Code

    The following example displays an invalid backcolor if the cell value contains more than six characters.

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    //Type a text string that contains more than 6 characters in cell 1,1 to see the error notification
    FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellStyleNotify cnotify = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellStyleNotify();
    cnotify.InvalidCellStyle.BackColor = Color.Aqua;
    FarPoint.Win.Spread.TextLengthValidator tvalid = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.TextLengthValidator();
    tvalid.LengthUnit = FarPoint.Win.Spread.LengthUnit.Char;
    tvalid.MaximumLength = 6;
    tvalid.MinimumLength = 0;
    tvalid.NullIsValid = true;
    tvalid.Actions.Add(cnotify);
    fpSpread1.Sheets[0].AddValidators(new FarPoint.Win.Spread.Model.CellRange(1, 1, 1, 1), tvalid);
    
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    'Type a text string that contains more than 6 characters in cell 1,1 to see the error notification
    Dim cnotify As New FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellStyleNotify()
    notify.InvalidCellStyle.BackColor = Color.Aqua
    Dim tvalid As New FarPoint.Win.Spread.TextLengthValidator()
    tvalid.LengthUnit = FarPoint.Win.Spread.LengthUnit.Char
    tvalid.MaximumLength = 6
    tvalid.MinimumLength = 0
    tvalid.NullIsValid = True
    tvalid.Actions.Add(cnotify)
    fpSpread1.Sheets(0).AddValidators(New FarPoint.Win.Spread.Model.CellRange(1, 1, 1, 1), tvalid)
    
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