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Field types and lookup lists

Field type Description
Text Displays a text box that accepts free text entry
Integer Displays a text box that accepts an integer value
Double Displays a text box that accepts a decimal value
DateTime Displays a text box that accepts date & time value
Percentage Displays a text box that accepts values between 0 and 100
Paragraph Displays a paragraph of text which accepts no input
Select list Displays a list box that contains values from a predefined list
Checkboxes Displays multiple checkboxes with values from a predefined list
Radio Displays multiple radio buttons with values from a predefined list
Label Displays a text label which accepts no input
Lookup list A special field-type (enumeration), used to populate list-based fields with pre-defined values

Text

Integer

Double

DateTime

Percentage

Paragraph

Select list

Checkboxes

Radio

Label

Lookup

In the Lookup lists tab, lists of values are be defined that can be assigned to form fields in order to reduce the acceptable values to specific ones.

A look-up list consists of the following fields:

The possible values of the list can be added from the panel on the bottom of the list editor.

Property overview

Field properties Description Text Integer Double DateTime Percentage Paragraph Select list Checkboxes Radio Label
Label The text label that will appear next to the field Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Tooltip The text hint that will appear when the mouse is over the field Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lower bound The minimum allowed value Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Upper bound The maximum allowed value Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Required Boolean value that indicates whether or not this field is required Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Allow below Lookup list of values Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
List Lookup list of values Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Allow other Boolean value that indicates whether or not it is allowed to enter values that are not contained in the list of values Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
look-up_lists.txt · Last modified: 2023/11/21 17:42 by chris