Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
ADM Reference

validateColumns

Returns TRUE if all of the database columns in the optionally defined frame are validated. The frame is generated specifically for this purpose.

Location: wbdata.p

Parameters: None

Returns: LOGICAL

Notes:

The function is only used when the data-source is a database.
The Embedded SpeedScript detail wizard optionally generates a frame containing all the database columns that have been specified to inherit data dictionary validation. This function does the actual parsing and validation of the database columns in that frame.
The function retrieves the actual values to validate from the Web unless it finds fields in the EnabledFields Property. In that case, it assumes that the values already have been moved to the frame. The intention of this logic is to support HTML mapping objects.
The HTML mapping object does not call this default. The use of EnabledFields to indicate whether the values should be retrieved from the Web or already are in the frame is very likely to change.