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Text Field Editor |
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The
Format Editor
displays the Text Field Editor dialog when a field's details require
editing. The
Field Properties
section initially displays the current or new field's contents, and
provides the following controls that allow you to edit the field's
properties:
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Control |
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Name Edit Box |
Displays, and
allows you to edit, the field names.
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Type Drop-down List |
Displays, and allows you to select, the field's
type. The field types are as follows:
1. String: A character string.
2. Integer: A whole number with no decimal places.
3. Double: A double precision floating-point number with
the number of decimal places specified in the Decimals
edit box.
4. Identifier: A record identifier field used to
recognize the record type in multiple-record file
formats. There should only be one identifier field in
each record. Each record in a file format containing
more than one record type must have a unique identifier.
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Column Edit Box |
Displays, and allows you to edit, the record's
column number in which the field begins. The first
(left-most) column number for a record is 1. This
control only applies to fixed-format records.
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Width Edit Box |
Displays, and allows you to edit, the width (in
characters) of the field. This control only applies to
fixed-format records.
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Decimals Edit Box |
Displays, and allows you to edit, the number of
decimal places that the field should contain. This
control only applies to fields of type Double.
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Exponent Checkbox |
Displays, and allows you to change, either the
regular (non-exponential) or exponential format for the
field's contents. This control only applies to fields of
type Double.
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Sample Value/Identifier Edit Box |
Displays, and allows you to edit, a value for the
field which is used as follows:
- Identifier Fields: Contains the unique identifier for
the record.
- Other Fields: Contains sample text used to display a
sample record in the Format Editor.
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Copy from Recent Fields Button |
Copies the currently selected recent field
properties into the controls in the Field Properties
section.
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Copy to Recent Fields Button |
Copies the current field properties (in the Field
Properties section) into the Recent Field Properties
list.
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Recent Field Properties section |
This section contains a list of fields you have
previously edited (saved fields). You can delete an item
from the Recent Field Properties list by selecting it
and pressing the Del key.
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When you are finished editing the field's contents, click the OK
button, or if you decide to abort the current field editing
operation, click the Cancel button. When you click the OK button,
the contents of the Field Properties section are added to the
recent fields list. Note that any changes you make to the Recent
Field Properties list are retained even when you click the Cancel
button.
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