Fields
FieldsFields are added to blocks on entities. They may or may not reference a column in the database. Fields are used for a multitude of purposes as they can be defined as a variety of types and displayed in a variety of ways.
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Types of fields include:
Types of fields for Converters, Data Exchanges, Spreadsheets, and XML documents include:
Report fields can be displayed in the following formats: |
Screen and Parameter Form fields can be displayed in the following formats: Bread Crumb blocks on screens can have the following: QBE blocks on screens can also have the QBE Column Selector. |
Passing Values between Entities
In the Explorer Tree, locate the object to which you wish to add a field.
Expand the Template Information object, locate the desired template and expand it, and then locate the block to which you wish to add a field..
Expand the Group Information object and any sub-groups until you can select the desired entity and expand it. Then locate the block to which you wish to add a field.
There are options in adding a field to the block at this point.
Right-click on the block, hold your cursor over the Create option, and when the sub-menu is displayed, left-click on the Field option.
Left-click on the [New Field] 
button in the Main Toolbar.
Left-click on the File Menu. Left-click on the New option. Left-click on the Field option.
Press Alt+9 on the number pad on the keyboard.
The Adding New Fields screen will be displayed.
A list of the columns from the select statement or the Xephr service will be displayed.
Set the Key Required flag to the desired setting. This flag defaults to on, which indicates that at least one column that is selected must have the Key flag set to on. The Next button cannot be pressed until the key column is selected or this flag is set to off.
For each column, indicate whether
the column is a primary key for the view by setting the Key flag to on or off.
To set the Key flag for all displayed columns, left-click once on the
gray Key column header.
For each column, indicate whether
the column will be included as a field on this block by setting the Field
flag to on or off.
To set the Field flag for all displayed columns, left-click once on
the gray Field column header.
For each column, indicate whether
a label should be created for the field on this block by setting the Label
flag to on or off.
To set the Label flag for all displayed columns, left click once on
the gray Label column header.
For each column, in the Display As pop-list, select the desired setting to display the data for this column. Choices are:
Button
Checkbox
Default Button
Reset Button
Option List
Image
Label
Object
Password
Text
Text Area
Client Date
Client DateTime
Upload File
For each column, in the Style pop-list, select the field style to be applied, or leave the setting at (from parent) to have the field style defined at the block level.
For each column, in the Format pop-list,
select the format mask for this field from the
list of pre-defined format masks.
Date fields must have a format mask entered. Format
masks can only be applied to date and numeric fields.
For more information, see the Format
Masks section.
Click on the Next button in the bottom right of the screen to continue.
The next step is to set up the order of the columns for the block. Using the Move Up and Move Down buttons, arrange the columns to be in the order that you wish them to be displayed on the block.
Press the Next button at the bottom right of the screen to continue.
See the appropriate section to modify the new field to be the desired type and display format.
In the Explorer Tree, locate the object to which you wish to add a label.
Expand the Template Information object, locate the desired template and expand it, and then locate the block to which you wish to add a label..
Expand the Group Information object and any sub-groups until you can select the desired entity and expand it. Then locate the block to which you wish to add a label.
To add a label, right-click on the block, hold your cursor over the Create option, and when the sub-menu is displayed, left-click on the Label option.
The Adding New Labels screen will be displayed,
To add a new label, click on the Add button.
In the field that appears under the Fields section, enter the name of the Label and press the Enter key on your keyboard.
Repeat until you have entered all desired labels.
To delete a label that you have created, click on the desired label and press the Delete button.
When all desired labels have been entered, click on the Add Labels button on the bottom right of the screen.
The labels will be added to the block.
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