ICAT Search Interface - Validation

[Michael Whitty]

re #1530

the message is only passed to the "Results Log" pane, invalid input is not highlighted on the dialog and if user isn't paying attention to results pane or doesn't have it open, there would be nothing to tell them that the process hasn't (or isn't in the process of) running, and they may believe that the run button is merely unresponsive. I'd suggest either a popup (the MantidCustomInterface class provides showInformationBox function that serves this purpose well), or some sort of highlighting of invalid input such as exists in other interfaces.

[Sofia Antony]

(In [6159]) re#1550 - Added a new class to validate start and end dates for ICat algorithms.

[Sofia Antony]

(In [6255]) re#1550 - Date validator code is moved to .cpp file and date validator is added to search and advance search algorithms

[Sofia Antony]

(In [6256]) re#1550 - fix for Linux build failure , C runtime library atoi is replaced with boost::lexical_cast

[Sofia Antony]

(In [6257]) re#1550 - validators added for icat search and advanced search dialogs

[Sofia Antony]

In MantidPlot if an error occurs when an algorithm is running Results window will be opened automatically and error message will be printed in red colour. I think this gives enough information to the user that the process is not running,which input is invalid etc and with this approach user can save one mouse click i.e;closing the information box. However I've added validators for ICat search interface and also added a error message on the ICat search results display.

[Russell Taylor]

(In [7149]) Corrected a typo and shortened the message because it didn't fit in the window for me. Re #1550.

[Russell Taylor]

Checks out in [7143].

[Stuart Campbell]

This ticket has been transferred to github issue ​2397