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Condition Types

A condition type specifies the type of validation rule it imposes.

Field conditions can be used to

• Validate the entry of data
• Select or omit data in access paths
• Specify processing conditions in a function that operates on the data

For more information about using conditions with access paths and functions, see the Building Applications chapter "Modifying Action Diagrams"

Select one of the following four types of conditions:

• VAL to specify single values
• LST to specify a list of values
• CMP to specify an arithmetic comparison for a field
• RNG to specify the range of valid values for a field

VAL and LST are used for status fields; CMP and RNG are used with non-status fields.

For this task, you will use conditions to

• Validate the entry of data
• Specify default values when adding records to a file