Validation.Validate Method (Visio)
Validates the specified validation rule set.
Version Information
Version Added: Visio 2010
Syntax
expression .Validate(RuleSet, Flags)
expression A variable that represents a Validation object.
Parameters
Name |
Required/Optional |
Data Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
RuleSet |
Optional |
The rule set to validate across the entire document. |
|
Flags |
Optional |
Whether to open the Issues window after validation. |
Return Value
Nothing
Remarks
To validate all rule sets active in the document, pass Nothing for RuleSet.
Flags must be one of the following VisValidationFlags constants.
Constant |
Value |
Description |
|---|---|---|
visValidationDefault |
0 |
Validate document and open Issues window. The default. |
visValidationNoOpenWindow |
1 |
Validate document but do not open Issues window. |
If you do not set the optional Flags parameter, Microsoft Visio applies the default behavior (visValidationDefault).
When you call the Validate method, Microsoft Visio checks whether the rule set is active before evaluating it. Visio does not display message boxes during the evalution, except to notify you if, when Flags is set to visValidationDefault, it finds no errors; and it displays the progress bar only if Application.ShowProgressBars is True.
Example
The following Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example shows how to use the Validate method to validate the active document.
' Validate the document.
Call Visio.ActiveDocument.Validation.Validate(,Visio.VisValidationFlags.visValidationDefault)