Restriction: This topic applies only when the AppMaster Builder AddPack has been installed, and applies only to Windows platforms.
The screen fields you paint in the Screen Painter can be:
- Character
- Numeric
- Date or time
Depending on the type of field you create, you assign field edits that define the data representations. AppMaster Builder supports the following field edits:
- Internal field edit values - Specify the COBOL picture characteristics for storing data the end user enters. These include:
- Alphabetic, character, or numeric data type
- Internal length
- Binary or packed format
- Sign specification
- Right justification
- Input field edit values - Specify format and data requirements that the end user must adhere to when entering data into the field. These include:
- Required data
- Input mask
- Julian, Gregorian, system, or user-defined date type
- User-defined or system time type
- Minimum/maximum input requirements
- Testing for blank spaces or special characters
- Testing for numeric data
- Testing for specific values
- Zero-fill when blank
- Output field edit values - Specify the format requirements for displaying the data. These include:
- Output mask
- Output picture
- Julian, Gregorian, system, or user-defined date type
- User-defined or system time type
- Right justification
- Commas
- Zero suppression
- Floating, leading, and trailing symbols
- Values or conversion values - Ensure only certain values are entered. You can test for:
- A specific value or range of values for input data
- Conversion values for input and output data representation to define how data is stored and converted for output
- Application edit routines - Specify additional edits or tests for input or output data. Edit routines can be paragraphs, subprograms, or Customizer rules that you create. Or, you can select a predefined application edit routine from a centralized listing of edit routines maintained by your AppMaster Builder Administrator.
