# Verify Element

Specifies whether the user is queried to enter custom property information for a shape when an instance is created or the shape is duplicated or copied.

Value | Description
--- | ---
0 | Do not ask the user to enter data.
1 | Display the Custom Properties dialog box and prompt the user to enter custom property data.

## Syntax

    <Verify>
        [Unit]
        [F]
        [Err]>
    </Verify>

## Attributes

Unit

Optional string. Represents a unit of measure. The default is BOOL. For details about BOOL, see Units of measure.

F

Optional string. Represents the element's formula. This attribute can contain one of the following strings: "someFormula" if the formula exists locally, "No Formula" if the formula is locally deleted or blocked, or "Inh" if the formula is inherited.

If the attribute is not present, the element's formula is a simple constant, for example, <element>5</element>.

Err

Optional string. Indicates that the formula evaluates to an error. The value of Err is the current value (an error message string); the value of the element is the last valid value.

## Element properties

Property | Value
--- | ---
Name | Verify
Minimum Occurrences | 0
Maximum Occurrences | 1

## Element information

Parent elements

Prop

Child elements

None

## Remarks

The Verify element is relevant only when contained in a DocumentSheet, PageSheet, or Shape element. It is ignored when contained in a StyleSheet element.

## See also

Ask cell (Custom Properties section)

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