Defining Objects
20 Designing a Form
• If you select
Can be Filled,
then an empty field can be filled and
a filled field can be changed in fill view.
The
Can be Filled
option, when deselected, overrides the
Must be Filled
in
option when it is selected in the
Validation
tab.
4 You can either select or deselect the
Tab Stop
. Select
Tab Sto p
so
that the cursor automatically moves to the selected field when
the user presses the Tab key. Deselect
Tab Stop
so that the cursor
tabs past the selected field.
5Select a
Maximum Length
option from the drop-down list. This
option lets you set the length of allowable characters in a field.
You can set the length from 5 to 100, or select
Unlimited
.
6Select
Help Message
and type a message in the field box if you
wish. This message will appear in the status bar in fill view
when the cursor is in that field.
In the example below, the help message tells the user how to fill
the field.
A help message can be up to 100 characters long.
Set Validation Options
1 Click the
Validation
tab.
The validation option allows you to:
• Select whether a field must be filled in, the data must match
the field type, or the data must be in the list of choices.
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