Restriction: This topic applies only when the AppMaster Builder AddPack has been installed, and applies only to Windows platforms.
The Input Representation dialog box is dynamic. The fields and controls that appear on it depend on the data type you select for the field you are defining. The following list represents all possible fields or controls you might encounter:
- AM Indicator
- Type the AM time indicator, such as a.m. or am.
- Application Edits
- Click this to create your own edit routine to process data.
- Decimal
- Select a character to represent a decimal, such as a period (.).
- Decimal Digits
- Type the smallest number of digits required to follow the decimal point into the
Min field and the largest number allowed into the
Max field; the
Max field defaults to largest number that fits. This option does not imply that data is required.
- Embedded Spaces
- Check this to accept characters separated by spaces. Leading and trailing blank spaces are unaffected by this option.
- Ensure Computational
- Check this to enable users to enter numeric data only.
- Input Format
- Type a format for a date or a time, depending on what type of field you are defining.
- Input Length
- Type the length of shortest valid entry into the
Min field; default is zero. Type length of longest valid entry in the
Max field; default is zero. These specifications do not imply that data is required.
- Input Required
- Check this to indicate that input is required for the field.
- Input Mask
- Double-click each input specification on the list to add its corresponding code to the
Input Mask field. The
Input Mask field can contain multiple codes. Required mask characters do not require data entry; they require that data entered be of that specific type. For example, the
A mask character requires an alphabetic character in that position if any data is entered.
- Justification
- Select the alignment of the data in the field. The default is
Left justification.
- Left Input Digits
- Type the smallest number of digits required before the decimal point into the
Min field and the largest number allowed into the
Max field; the
Max field defaults to the largest number that fits. This option does not imply that data is required.
- Message
- Click this to display specify error messages and attributes that display if the field or control fails input edits.
- PM Indicator
- Type the PM time indicator, such as p.m. or pm.
- Punctuation
- Specify whether field requires, allows, or disallows the end user to enter punctuation characters such as commas, colons, and dashes. Default is Allowed. The generated code does not use punctuation.
- Refresh System Date on Input
- Click this to
always insert the system date during input editing, regardless of the field contents.
- Refresh System Time on Input
- Select to
always insert the system time during input editing, regardless of the field contents.
- Strip Characters
- Check this to remove special characters when converting the data to the storage format. A special character is any character other than input mask characters.
- Use Characteristics
- Click this to specify one or more of the format specifications that follow.
- Use input mask
- Click this to create an input mask.
- Use System Date on Input
- Check this to insert the system date during input editing
only if the field is blank.
- Use System Time on Input
- Check this to insert the system time during input editing
only if the field is blank.
- Zero When Blank
- Check this to move zero to the internal picture if no data is entered.
