Use the General section to globally set field properties, including display name, display width, default value, and foreign key value display.
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Use the General section to globally set field properties, including display name, display width, default value, and foreign key value display. |
The following field display options are available.
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Option |
Description |
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Label text |
The default field name used on the web pages referencing the table. The display name can be further customized on a component-by-component basis by setting the component’s Properties. Resource File Key Unfortunately, a Resource Key cannot be specified on a global basis. However, you can also dynamically fetch a text string from your application’s resource file (RESX) at application run-time by specifying a Resource Key for the appropriate FieldLabel tags. This is useful in multi-language applications that have multiple resource files, one for each language. Specify the Resource Key as a pass-through attribute on the Attributes tab for each FieldLabel tag you wish to configure. |
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Validation type |
The Validation Type value specifies the display formatting and data validation used whenever the field is displayed or used as an input field. See Field Validation Types for details. |
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Text box columns |
The length, in characters, of the field’s display width. Note that this setting governs only the display width of the field, not the number of bytes that the underlying database field can accommodate. Text box columns pertain primarily to string-based field validation types. |
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Required |
Indicates that the user must provide a value on input. If selected, an application user must provide a value for the field when using the Add Record or Edit Record pages. If the underlying database schema has a “not NULL” constraint for the field, Iron Speed Designer will automatically select the Required option as a convenience for you. Note: The Required option may be globally set via the Global Display Properties dialog, and hence grayed out in the Display tab of the field’s Properties dialog. The Global Display Properties dialog is accessed from the Page Properties dialog or via the Application Explorer’s Databases folder. |