/*
* not empty, now test precondition syntax and for existing soft references
*/
CourseEditorEnv cev = euce.getCourseEditorEnv();
ConditionExpression ce = new ConditionExpression(conditionId,tprecond.getValue());
ConditionErrorMessage[] cerrmsg = cev.validateConditionExpression(ce);
/*
* display any error detected in the condition expression testing.
*/
if (cerrmsg != null && cerrmsg.length >0) {
//the error message