2-05:Format Work Fields Additional Attributes

Chapter 2-5: Work Fields

Format Work Fields Additional Attributes

From the Format work field overlay, you have an additional attributes option. The Format work field Additional Attributes overlay is shown in Figure 2-5-15.

Figure 2-5-15. Format Work Field Additional Attributes Overlay

The Format Work field Additional Attributes Overlay contains the following fields:

· Range Checks defines a series of allowable values that APPX uses for online data validation. The first component represents the relation. The options are EQ (equal to), NE (not equal to), GT (greater than), LT (less than), GE (greater than or equal to), and LE (less than or equal to). The second component represents the value that is assigned to the relation. If you enter two relations, APPX infers an AND relationship.

· Blanks Allowed indicates whether or not blanks are permitted and, if so, where they can be placed. The Blanks Allowed options are NONE, TRAILING, and ANYWHERE. The default is ANYWHERE.

· Alignment determines whether or not data in a field is aligned for storage and/or display and, if so, the type of alignment. The Alignment options are NONE, LEFT, JUSTIFIED, RIGHT and CENTERED. The default is NONE.

· Pad Character indicates the character to be used instead of leading and trailing spaces in a field.

· Occurrence determines the number of times a field is present in a record. If blank, APPX assumes a value of 1. This field may contain up to five numeric characters and is restricted to a maximum of 32,767. See the Occurrence section for a more comprehensive discussion of this field.

· Share Class defines at what level the values contained in this work field can be shared. The Share Class options are:

· SUBPROCESS — The values can be shared between a process and its subprocesses.

· RELATED — The values can be shared among related processes in a job.

· DETACHED — The values are available until the user logs off.

· NOT SHARED — The values are available only for the current process.

The default is SUBPROCESS.

· Translate? indicates if the value of the work field should be translated into a designated language if APPX’s Language Translation feature is being used. Since this option does not require a validation table for a work field (unlike a file field), it is the designer's responsibility to ensure that a translatable work field without a validation table is read only. Click the checkbox to toggle between “yes” , “no” , and unknown values. If the translation feature is not in use, retain the default value of .

· Require Table Value? indicates whether or not to require one of the validation table values to be entered. To force the user to enter one of the defined values, click the checkbox to toggle it to “yes” . If a “no” value is selected, the validation table shown when the user selects the list feature, is advisory only and the user can enter a value not listed in the table. If there is no validation table defined, this option does not apply and cannot be selected. If there is a validation table and Translate? is , this option should also be .

APPX Application Design Manual (01/13/03)