The following table lists supported text format keywords for use with the Validation Function Library.

DBCS Keyword	SBCS Keyword	Description
Ａ	A	Upper case alphabet (A-Z)
ａ	a	Lower case alphabet (a-z)
Ｋ	K	Katakana
９	9	Numbers (0-9)
＃	#	Numbers and number related symbols (0-9, +-$%\,.)
＠	@	Symbols
Ｊ		Hiragana
Ｚ		All DBCS characters
Ｎ	N	Only large Katakana
Ｇ		Only large Hiragana
Ｔ		Only allow four-bit characters
Ｄ		All DBCS characters, except for surrogates
Ｓ	S	Space
	H	All SBCS characters
	\	Escape character
	^	Any character not included in the specified format