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Creating data fields

Use this procedure to create all data fields except currency and selection fields, which are discussed in Creating-currency-fields and Creating-selection-fields.

Note

For an overview of data fields, see Data-fields.

To create a data field

  1. Open the appropriate form.
  2. Right-click the form, and select Create a New Field > dataFieldType.
     The new field appears on the form.
  3. Select the field.
  4. In the Properties tab, set the field properties as needed.
     See Field-Properties.
  5. To add a file system browser to a character field, see Adding-a-file-system-browser-to-character-fields.
  6. To add effects such as highlighting to fields, see Adding-field-effects.
  7. Select the field, drag it to a position in the form, and adjust its size.
     See Arranging-fields-in-a-form-view.
  8. Right-click the form, and select Save.

For more information, see the following sections:

 

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