International Software Forum

Hello,
Has anyone found a way to mask a university email address for data entry in e-forms?
For example, if X allows for an uppercase or lowercase character or number: A-Z, a-z and 0-9
AND there is a constant @university.edu
Is there a way to specify XXXXXXXXX@university.edu if you don't know the number of leading digits?
Something like *@university.edu

Thanks,
Lucy Zoe

I found a way to provide a default form field value; but not mask for data entry:

Form Field Default Value = YourNetworkID@university.edu
Maximum Length of Value = 255

This won't insure that the email address actually has @university.edu in the field, but it'll show an example that can be replaced/typed over.

Lucy Zoe

Hi Lucy,
At USF we created an e-form extension to verify the email address when the e-form is submitted. If the email doesn't meet the correct pattern a notification box appears with an error message.

For what purpose? Email addresses are generally considered public knowledge.

Is it you want to ensure that it's a valid email address or you want to ensure it's an institutional email address?

Supposedly more expression validation functionality will be forthcoming at some point based on what was shared at the conference. You could consider using a hidden field with the @university.edu or a fixed value in a template/concatenate through a template if you wanted and simply ask them for the prefix to their @university.edu address.