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Jakson_Rakoy
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Oct 28, 2021
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Force String Formats and Check content MS Forms

My problem is two fold,   I need to force my users to enter a time format, HH:MM in a text box that requests the time.   I also need to be able to alert my users that the email they entered was n...
  • RobElliott's avatar
    Oct 29, 2021

    Jakson_Rakoy if your users are all internal (and therefore you've switched on the "Only people in my organisation can respond" setting) then you don't need to ask them for their email address because Forms & Office 365 know who they are. So the email address will always be correct and can be used in a flow.

     

    If your users are potentially external and you have the "anyone with a link can respond" setting then there is no way you can stop users entering incorrect email addresses. There is no "prevent numptiness" setting.

     

    A flow can only trigger when the response is submitted so you can't go back and ask the users to change anything they have entered.

     

    In your form you can't force the way HH:MM is entered as, bizarrely, there is no time question type or date and time question type. In a flow you could get it to change hh:mm to HH:MM but it would be difficult to trap every possible combination of how a user could enter a time.

     

    Rob
    Los Gallardos
    Intranet, SharePoint and Power Platform Manager (and classic 1967 Morris Traveller driver)

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