Botframework-composer: Action - Ask Question: String validation Expression - Doesn't appear to work

[Todd442]

There doesn't appear to be a way to validate a sting value enter in the "Ask Question" action.

The weather sample uses a "length(this.value) == 5" expression to validate the users entered value.

What if you need to actually do a string comparison "this.value == 'full'" as an example.

I have tried using 'string(this.value) == 'full'"

I can confirm this works if I use any fuction that processes "this.value" and returns a numeric value.

Its only string compare that doesn't seem to work (or is it not supported"

[hibrenda]

@Todd442 this should work.

[Todd442]

@hibrenda - Confirmed this does not work. I have others also confirm this is an issue

[Todd442]

@hibrenda - BTW: Thanks for responding. Further clarification, we tried the above as well as about 15 different permutations and as long as you include a built in function like "length" the content of "this.value" is evaluated.

The simple string comparison above just doesn't work.

[hibrenda]

could you attache the bot you are using so we can further debug?

[Todd442]

WeatherTutorial.zip

Here's the code. @hibrenda

[tdurnford]

@Todd442 In the "User Input" tab on the Text Input component, you have the 'Output format' property set to =toUpper(this.value) which is causing the validation to fail. I recommend that you either remove the 'Output format' or change the validation to match that logic - this.value == 'FULL'.

[zxyanliu]

Hey @Todd442 thanks for reporting the issue. Please try again as suggested by @tdurnford and @hibrenda.
Closing this issue at this moment since it's been answered.
Feel free to reopen it when you feel necessary. We appreciate your feedback.