Minimum Length (Node Property of All Schemas)

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Use the Minimum Length property to specify the minimum length for any instance message data corresponding to the selected Field Element or Field Attribute node.

Applies to Nodes of Type

Field Element, Field Attribute

Category

Restricted

Allowed Values

Value Description
Non-negative integer Specifies the minimum length for data associated with the selected Field Element or Field Attribute node.
No value Use this value to clear the property, resulting in no minimum length restrictions for the corresponding data in an instance message.

Default Value

No value.

XSD Persistence

As the value of the minLength element and its value attribute.

Remarks

You can examine and set this property in the Visual Studio Properties window when you select a Field Element or Field Attribute node in BizTalk Editor and you have set its Derived Type property to Restriction.

This property represents an XSD concept related to the simpleType element and its restriction subelement.

This property applies to unordered base data types, such as xs:string, as well as to list-based restriction derivations, specifying the minimum number of space-separated list items that can occur in the corresponding element(s) or attribute(s) in instance messages.

You can either specify a value for the Maximum Length and/or Minimum Length properties, or for the Length property, but not both.

See Also

Node Properties of All Schemas