inputmask for documentum

Question

I know that I can validate an input field by adding a inputmaskvalidator tag. I read the documentum doc :

The mask character string:

• # : numeric characters
• & : all characters
• A : alphanumeric characters only
• ? : alphabetic characters only
• U : uppercase alphabetic characters only
• L : lowercase alphabetic characters only

Example: date mask ##/##/## permits the input date 12/24/95 To use one of the mask characters as a literal member of the mask string, place a double slash (\) preceding the character.

Let's guess I want to accept double only to store it as a double in the content server. What must be the inputmask value?

Something like that?

<dmf:inputmaskvalidator inputmask="#.#" controltovalidate="my_double" name="my_double_validator"/>

or

<dmf:inputmaskvalidator inputmask="##.##" controltovalidate="my_double" name="my_double_validator"/>

Answer 1

You must use other type of validator. Inputmaskvalidator is bad for your purpose. Use for example regexpvalidator. Example you can find on this page: