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5.26 DATAVALIDATION
5.26 DATAVALIDATION
BIFF2 BIFF3 BIFF4 BIFF5 BIFF8
— — — — 01BE H
This record is part of the Data Validity Table (➜4.14). It stores data validity settings and a list of cell ranges which
contain these settings. The “prompt box” appears while editing such a cell. The “error box” appears, if the entered value
does not fit the conditions. The data validity settings of a sheet are stored in a list of DATAVALIDATION records
which is preceded by a DATAVALIDATIONS record (➜5.27). If a string is empty and the default text should appear in
the prompt box or error box, the string must contain a single zero character (string length will be 1).
Record DATAVALIDATION, BIFF8:
Offset Size Contents
0 4 Option flags (see below)
4 var. Title of the prompt box (Unicode string, 16-bit string length, ➜2.5.3)
var. var. Title of the error box (Unicode string, 16-bit string length, ➜2.5.3)
var. var. Text of the prompt box (Unicode string, 16-bit string length, ➜2.5.3)
var. var. Text of the error box (Unicode string, 16-bit string length, ➜2.5.3)
var. 2 Size of the formula data for first condition (sz1)
var. 2 Not used
var. sz1 Formula data for first condition (RPN token array without size field, ➜3)
var. 2 Size of the formula data for second condition (sz2)
var. 2 Not used
var. sz2 Formula data for second condition (RPN token array without size field, ➜3)
var. var. Cell range address list with all affected ranges (➜2.5.15)
Option flags field:
Bit Mask Contents
3-0 0000000F H Data type: 00 H = Any value
01 H = Integer values
02 H = Decimal values
03 H = User defined list
6-4 00000070 H Error style: 00 H = Stop
01 H = Warning
02 H = Info
04 H = Date
05 H = Time
06 H = Text length
07 H = Formula
7 00000080 H 1 = In list type validity the string list is explicitly given in the formula
8 00000100 H 1 = Empty cells allowed
9 00000200 H 1 = Suppress the drop down arrow in list type validity
18 00040000 H 1 = Show prompt box if cell selected
19 00080000 H 1 = Show error box if invalid values entered
23-20 00F00000 H Condition operator: 00 H = Between
01 H = Not between
02 H = Equal
03 H = Not equal
04 H = Greater than
05 H = Less than
06 H = Greater or equal
07 H = Less or equal
In list type validity it is possible to enter an explicit string list. This string list is stored as tStr token (➜3.8.2). The string
items are separated by zero characters. There is no zero character at the end of the string list.
Example for a string list with the 3 strings A, B, and C: “ABC” (contained in a tStr token, string
length is 5).
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