Field Attributes

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Details

Attribute	Description
Name	The name for this field (unique to the section)
Meta types	A comma separated list of metatype names
Type	The type of control: field (readonly)

Geometry

Attribute	Description
Absolute	Enable or disable absolute positioning (True | False)
Top	Top position in pixels
Left	Left position in pixels
Width	Width in pixels
Height	Height in pixels

Appearance

Attribute	Description
CSS style	CSS style (separate attributes with ; or use app:/filename.css)
Caption position	The position of the caption (None | Above | Beside | RightToLeft)
Caption size	The size of the caption (Small | Medium | Large | Largest)
Shading	The shading to be applied to the field (None | Light | Dark)
Transparency	The transparency type to be applied to the field (None | Light | Dark | Custom)
Border-radius	Specify a border radius

Caption

Attribute	Description
Caption	The caption for the field
Background color	The background color for the caption
Foreground color	The foreground color for the caption
Font	The font for the caption
Formitem Appearance#Icon|Icon]]	The image for the caption (png | jpg | gif).
Border width	The caption border width
Border color	The caption border color
Transparency	Specify a transparency percentage from 0 to 100
Gradient colors	Render the caption color as a gradient (True | False)
Gradient type	Specify the gradient type
Gradient start color	Gradient start color
Gradient end color	Gradient end color

Data

Attribute	Description
Inherit dictionary rules	Inherit the data dictionary rules (True | False)
Data source	The table and column that this field is bound to. Specify m.varname to bind to a memory variable.
Render as a CommandButton	Render this field as a CommandButton (True | False)
CommandButton Caption	The caption for the CommandButton control
CommandButton Icon image	The icon image for the CommandButton control
Search field	This field is its Section Search field (True | False)
Default search field	This field is its Section default search field (True | False)
User selectable search field	The user can select this as the Section search field interactively by clicking on it (True | False)
Hide search field indicator	Hide the search field indicator (True | False)
Search panel field	Include this field in an auto created Section search panel (True | False)
Relate on change	Relate child Sections when data is changed interactively (True | False)
Recalculate	Recalculate readonly and calculated fields when data is changed interactively (True | False)
Background color	The background color for the data
Foreground color	The foreground color for the data
Font	The font for the data
Data size	The size of the data (Small | Medium | Large | Largest)
Default	Default value as an expression, e.g. date(), 0.0, space(10)
Input mask type	The inputmask type (Custom | Currency | Date | Email Address | Number | Text | Time | Alphabetic | Upper Case | Upper Case Alphabetic)
Input mask	The inputmask for the field, e.g. @c2, @c4, @!, @^, 999,999.99 or ?regularexpression
Placeholder text	Text to display as grayed-out placeholder text when the field is empty and does not have focus
Password input	Echo characters input as * for entering passwords (True | False)
Return tabs	Treat the return key as a Tab on this field (True | False)
Mandatory input	Data must be entered in this field (True | False)
Choices	Restrict data input to a list of choices, e.g. Static list of choices: Apples,Oranges,Bananas Dynamic list of choices from a table: @tablename,expression Dynamic list of choices from a table (SQL SELECT): select expression from tablename
Validation	Data input validation expression. Note the use of {}, which is substituted with the current data entered, e.g. Contained in a list: inlist("{}","Apples","Oranges","Bananas") Lookup the value entered in a table: rlookup("{}",customers,"custnames")
Error message	The error message to display if data input validation fails
Tooltip	The tooltip to display
Hyperlink	Display as a hyperlink (True | False)
Text alignment	Text alignment (Left | Center | Right)
Autosuggestions	Autosuggest a list of values as the user types, e.g. Static list of choices: Apples,Oranges,Bananas Dynamic list of choices from a table: @tablename,expression Dynamic list of choices from a table (SQL SELECT): select expression from tablename
Autosuggestion headers	A comma separated list of column headers to display for the Autosuggestions
Autosuggestion column to search	The column to search for Autosuggestions
Context Menu	The context menu to popup when a user right-clicks on the field. Specify this as a comma separated list.
Editable	The data is editable (True|False)
Dialog button	The control has a dialog button that can be clicked to call the DialogButtonClicked delegate (True|False)
Dialog button delegate	The delegate for the DialogButtonClicked event
Get data mapping	Custom data mapping when reading data. Specify this as an expression.
Set data mapping	Custom data mapping when writing data. Specify this as an expression.
Help topic	The help topic to display for this field when F1 is pressed.
Custom attributes	A semicolon separated list of custom attributes which can be used in CSS selectors, e.g. mandatory=1;border=1;hilite=red You should reference these attributes as user_xxx from any delegates or in any custom CSS theming.

Custom Delegates

Attribute	Description
Init	The delegate for the Init event
Load	The delegate for the Load event
Ready	The delegate for the Ready event
Activate	The delegate for the Activate event
Deactivate	The delegate for the Deactivate event
Got Focus	The delegate for the GotFocus event
Lost Focus	The delegate for the LostFocus event
Link Click	The delegate for the Hyperlink Click event. This is called with two arguments: functionname(controlsource,text)
Interactive Change	The delegate for the InteractiveChange event. This is called after each key is pressed.
Change	The delegate for the Changed event. This is called when the Enter key or the Tab key are pressed.
Data Changed	The delegate for the DataChanged event. This is called when navigating between records.
Hotkey	The delegate for the Hotkey event (e.g. F1-F10, Ctrl+F1). The key is passed as a parameter, e.g. 'F2'.
Context Menu	The delegate for the Context Menu event
Timer	The delegate for the Timer event
Timer interval	The timer interval in seconds that the Timer event will be called at runtime

Permissions and Roles

Attribute	Description
Read roles	A comma separated list of roles that can read (and view) the data
Update roles	A comma separated list of roles that can perform update operations on the data

UI Presentation Rules

Attribute	Description
Desktop	Include this formitem in a Desktop client (True | False).
Web	Include this formitem in a Web client (True | False).
Tablet	Include this formitem in a Tablet client (True | False).
Phone	Include this formitem in a Phone client (True | False).
UI States	UI states that affect this formitem. Specify multiple states as a comma separated list.
Initial UI state	The initial UI state for this formitem.
Readonly when	Formitem is readonly at runtime if specified expression evaluates to true.
Visible when	Formitem is visible at runtime if specified expression evaluates to true.
Display orientation	Display depending on mobile device orientation for Tablets and Phones. (Always | Portrait | Landscape)
Apply rules on change	Apply UI presentation rules (Visible when and Readonly when) when data is changed interactively or when navigating records (True | False).