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Application Creation
Data Type properties (Cont.)
Text
Any ASCII character
Integer
An Integer is a positive whole number (e.g. 1, 2, 3…), negative whole number (-1, -2, -3….),
and zero (0).
Real
Real number is any rational or irrational number. This includes whole, negative, and decimal
numbers.
Letter
Alpha characters are letters of the alphabet, both lower case and uppercase letters may be
used (A to Z).
Auto(+/-)
Automatically increases or decreases the original value of the lookup field by 1.
Boolean
Accepts only ‘0’, ‘1’, ‘Y’ or ‘N’ input.
Lookup
The input will come from the specified lookup field in the lookup table. Unlike the other data
types (text, integer, real, and letter), the data of the lookup type can not be changed by the
user.
Fixed data
Not allowed to input, but the data will be added to the transaction data.
Prompt
Not allowed to input, and the data in this field won’t be saved.
Counter
Not allowed to input, but shows the record counts in this field.
Pass down
The data of this field will come from previous form or menu where Record type was specified
as pass down.
Extension
Use the same data type as previous line, but no prompts can be specified in this field. The
maximum data length is determined by the maximum data length of the previous field.
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