Text Fields Additional Attributes

From the Text field overlay, you have an additional attributes option. The Text field Additional Attributes overlay is shown in Figure 2-4-26.

Figure 2-4-26. Text Field Additional Attributes Overlay

The Text Field Additional Attributes Overlay contains the following fields:

·    Default Value indicates the value that should be placed into this field when adding new records to a file. This value can be changed by the user, if desired.

·    Lowercase OK? indicates whether or not a modifiable item on an interactive screen can be entered in upper- and lowercase letters. If “no” , the entry is stored and displayed exclusively as uppercase, regardless of how a user enters the information. This entry does not affect statements. A lowercase value established with a statement displays as lowercase, even if this specification prohibits lowercase entries. The default is “yes” .

·    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.

·    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.

·    Translate? normally indicates if the value of the field should be translated into a designated language if APPX’s Language Translation feature is being used. However, this option is not available for a text file field (unlike a text work field) and cannot be selected.