Validate Line Length

Function:

This tool is used to validate the maximum character number per line. As input, either the active editor or a file input can be used.

Attributes:

Attribute	Type	Description
Get Content From	Select Value	Specifies whether the content to validate is a file or the active editor content. Active Editor (Default) File
Message Severity	Select Value	Specifies the severity of a returned message. Error messages cause an action to be aborted. Warning messages and information messages are displayed to the user without affecting the workflow. The only difference between warning and information messages are their appearance. This is also dependent on the operating system. Ignore does not affect the workflow at all. Abort cancels the action without any message: Possible values: Error (Default) Warning Information Ignore Abort
Ignore Blanks	Select Value	Specifies whether leading or trailing blanks should be used for the validation of the line length or not. Possible values: Empty (Default) Leading Trailing Leading and Trailing

Attribute

Type

Description

Get Content From

Select Value

Specifies whether the content to validate is a file or the active editor content.

Active Editor (Default)
File

Message Severity

Select Value

Specifies the severity of a returned message.

Error messages cause an action to be aborted. Warning messages and information messages are displayed to the user without affecting the workflow. The only difference between warning and information messages are their appearance. This is also dependent on the operating system. Ignore does not affect the workflow at all. Abort cancels the action without any message:

Possible values:

Error (Default)
Warning
Information
Ignore
Abort

Ignore Blanks

Select Value

Specifies whether leading or trailing blanks should be used for the validation of the line length or not.

Possible values:

Empty (Default)
Leading
Trailing
Leading and Trailing

Parameters:

Parameter #	I/O	Type	Description
1 [M]	I	String/Mass Processing	Maximum line length as number
1 [O]	I	File/Mass Processing	If the ‘Get Content From…’ is set to ‘File’, this file input parameter is used as content that is validated.
2 [O]	O	String/Mass Processing	The result of the validation. This is a Boolean value. It returns true, if no line in the validated content is longer than the maximum line length. It returns false, if at least one line in the validated content is longer than the maximum line length.