Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Orders
Items
Distance
between
records
Number
of items
displayed
• A prompt specifies
the text label that is
associated with an
item.
• Several properties are
available to arrange
and manage prompts.
• Use prompt
properties to change
the appearance of an
item prompt.
2 4
US7ASCII
VARCHAR2(5 CHAR) 1 2 3 4 5
JA16SJIS
VARCHAR2(5 CHAR) 1 2 3 4 5
UTF8
VARCHAR2(5 CHAR) 1 2 3
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Controlling the Data of a Text Item:
Format
Format masks:
• Standard SQL formats
– Dates FXDD-MON-YY
– Numbers L099G990D99
• Nonstandard formats: Use
double quotation marks for
embedded characters,
“(“099”)”099“-”0999.
Note: Allow for format mask’s
embedded characters when
defining Width property.
Initial values:
• Are used for every new record
• Can be overwritten
• Must be compatible with item’s data type
• Use:
– Raw value
– System variable
– Global variable
– Form parameter
– Form item
– Sequence
Name Sales
Employee
• Established by order of
entries in the Object
Navigator
• Alter by:
– Keyboard Navigable
– Previous Navigation Item
– Next Navigation Item
Case
Restriction=
Enabled=No Upper
Order
Payment
Order ID 100 Type CREDIT
Item
Justification = Right
ID Product ID Price Quantity Item Total
1 10011 135 500 67,500.00
2 10013 380 400 152,000.00
Justification = Start
Text
Text
Height
Text
Text
Width
Tooltip
Hint