//Validate missVal. It must be a comma delimited list of values convertable to FieldDataType.
//An item in the list might possibly be in format "x thru y" where x and y must be convertable
//with x <= y.
private void CheckMissVal(string valueToCheck, FieldDataType fdt)
{
//Check MissVal by attempting to create a RangeList object.
RangeList throwaway = new RangeList(valueToCheck, fdt);
////create a string array containing the comma delimited items
//string[] listItems = valueToCheck.Split(new char[] { ',' });
////validate each item
//foreach (string sItem in listItems)
//{
// //create a string array by splitting each item on the string "thru"
// string[] splitItem = sItem.ToLower().Split(new string[] { "thru" }, StringSplitOptions.None);
// //throw an exception if splitting results in more that 2 elements
// if (splitItem.Length > 2)
// {
// throw new ArgumentException("missVal not valid.");
// }
// foreach (string s in splitItem)
// {
// CheckType(s, fdt);
// }
// //verify that x <= y
// if (splitItem.Length == 2)
// {
// switch (fdt)
// {
// case FieldDataType.DATE:
// if (!(DateTime.Parse(splitItem[0]) <= DateTime.Parse(splitItem[1])))
// {
// throw new ArgumentException("missVal not valid.");
// }
// break;
// case FieldDataType.FLOAT:
// if (!(float.Parse(splitItem[0]) <= float.Parse(splitItem[1])))
// {
// throw new ArgumentException("missVal not valid.");
// }
// break;
// case FieldDataType.INT:
// if (!(int.Parse(splitItem[0]) <= int.Parse(splitItem[1])))
// {
// throw new ArgumentException("missVal not valid.");
// }
// break;
// case FieldDataType.TEXT:
// // nothing to check
// break;
// default:
// throw new Exception("FieldDataType invalid.");
// }
// }
//}
}
