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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Error Alert</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153821" xml-lang="en-US" level="1"><link href="text/scalc/01/12120300.xhp" name="Error Alert">Error Alert</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153379" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="modules/scalc/ui/erroralerttabpage/ErrorAlertTabPage">Defines the error message that is displayed when invalid data is entered in a cell.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154138" xml-lang="en-US">You can also start a macro with an error message. A sample macro is provided at the end of this page.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156280" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Show error message when invalid values are entered.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150768" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".">Displays the error message that you enter in the <emph>Contents</emph> area when invalid data is entered in a cell.</ahelp> If enabled, the message is displayed to prevent an invalid entry.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146984" xml-lang="en-US">In both cases, if you select "Stop", the invalid entry is deleted and the previous value is reentered in the cell. The same applies if you close the "Warning" and "Information" dialogs by clicking the <emph>Cancel </emph>button. If you close the dialogs with the <emph>OK</emph> button, the invalid entry is not deleted.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152460" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Contents</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148646" xml-lang="en-US" level="3">Action</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151115" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="modules/scalc/ui/erroralerttabpage/actionCB">Select the action that you want to occur when invalid data is entered in a cell.</ahelp> The "Stop" action rejects the invalid entry and displays a dialog that you have to close by clicking <emph>OK</emph>. The "Warning" and "Information" actions display a dialog that can be closed by clicking <emph>OK</emph> or <emph>Cancel</emph>. The invalid entry is only rejected when you click <emph>Cancel</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156441" xml-lang="en-US" level="3">Browse</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153160" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="modules/scalc/ui/erroralerttabpage/browseBtn">Opens the <link href="text/shared/01/06130000.xhp" name="Macro">Macro</link> dialog where you can select the macro that is executed when invalid data is entered in a cell. The macro is executed after the error message is displayed.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153876" xml-lang="en-US" level="3">Title</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149410" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="modules/scalc/ui/erroralerttabpage/title">Enter the title of the macro or the error message that you want to display when invalid data is entered in a cell.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154510" xml-lang="en-US" level="3">Error message</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149122" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="modules/scalc/ui/erroralerttabpage/errorMsg">Enter the message that you want to display when invalid data is entered in a cell.</ahelp></paragraph>
<h3 id="hd_id881545240342781">Sample macro:</h3>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id521625929022780">Below is a sample function that can be called when an error occurs. Note that the macro takes in two parameters that are passed on by %PRODUCTNAME when the function is called:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id981625929097216" role="listitem"><emph>CellValue</emph>: The value entered by the user, as a String.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id421625929100152" role="listitem"><emph>CellAddress</emph>: The address of the cell where the value was entered, as a String prefixed with the sheet name (e.g: "Sheet1.A1").</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id101625929384030">The function must return a Boolean value. If it returns <literal>True</literal>, the entered value is kept. If the function returns <literal>False</literal>, the entered value is erased and the previous value is restored.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="par_id31545240174027">Function ExampleValidity(CellValue as String, CellAddress as String) as Boolean</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="par_id341545240202382"> Dim msg as String</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="par_id11545240206618"> Dim iAnswer as Integer</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="par_id841545240210171"> Dim MB_FLAGS as Integer</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id531545240216611"> msg = "Invalid value: " & "'" & CellValue & "'"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id971625928577365"> msg = msg & " in cell: " & "'" & CellAddress & "'"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id181625928577640"> msg = msg & Chr(10) & "Accept anyway?"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id711625928577798"> MB_FLAGS = MB_YESNO + MB_ICONEXCLAMATION + MB_DEFBUTTON2</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id941625928578118"> iAnswer = MsgBox (msg , MB_FLAGS, "Error message")</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id11625928661345"> ExampleValidity = (iAnswer = IDYES)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="par_id971545240220293">End Function</paragraph>
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