Length (Node Property of All Schemas)
Use the Length property to specify a fixed length for the data in instance messages that corresponds to the selected Field Element or Field Attribute node.
Applies to Nodes of Type
Field Element, Field Attribute
Category
Restricted
Allowed Values
Non-negative integers. A value of zero (0) means that the corresponding element(s) or attributes in instance messages cannot have any data associated with them.
Default Value
None.
XSD Persistence
As the value of the Length element and its value attribute, within the restriction element.
Remarks
You can examine and set this property in the Visual Studio Properties window when you select a Field Element node in BizTalk Editor and you have set its Derived Type property to Restriction.
This property represents a standard 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 number of space-separated list items that must occur in the corresponding element(s) or attribute(s) in instance messages.
You can either specify a value for the Length property, or for the Maximum Length and/or Minimum Length properties, but not both.
See Also
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