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Testing a Facsimile

You can use a facsimile to test the input validation criteria for a panel if the panel definition is in EDIT mode.

The test process applies all the rules specified in the field editing and validation rules table. If you enter erroneous data in a field, the field is returned, highlighted with the error handling rule specified for the field. You can display an associated clarification panel for an explanation of the violation that corresponds to each highlighted field in the panel. Display the clarifying panel by entering the command CLARIFY. For more information, see the section Using CA Ideal to Validate Entries in this chapter. This test and clarify with a panel facsimile simulates the CLARIFY option available at run‑time.

The following example shows the facsimile of the sample layout used the section on changing the panel layout.

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