Restriction: This topic applies only when the AppMaster Builder AddPack has been installed, and applies only to Windows platforms.
The Output 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 (.).
- Justification
- Select the alignment of the data in the field. The default is
Left justification.
- Max Length
- Type the maximum length for a character field.
- Output Format
- Type a format for a date or a time, depending on what type of field you are defining.
- Output 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.
- Refresh System Date on Output
- Click this to
always insert the system date during output editing, regardless of the field contents.
- Refresh System Time on Output
- Select to
always insert the system time during output editing, regardless of the field contents.
- Thousand
- Specify a comma, period, or no character to separate millions, thousands, and hundreds. The default is
Comma.
- 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.
- Sign
- Select a sign symbol.
- Use Characteristics
- Click this to specify one or more of the format specifications that follow.
- Use Output Mask
- Click this to create an input mask.
- Use System Date on Output
- Check this to insert the system date during output editing
only if the field is blank.
- Use System Time on Output
- Check this to insert the system time during output editing
only if the field is blank.
