1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 13*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 14*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 15*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 16*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 17*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 18*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 19*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<helpdocument version="1.0"> 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<topic id="textshared0201170002xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Special properties of a formatted field</title> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<filename>/text/shared/02/01170002.xhp</filename> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</topic> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<history> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<lastedited date="2004-09-06T08:43:27">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</history> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</meta> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<body> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150774"><bookmark_value>formatted fields; properties</bookmark_value> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>fields; formatted fields</bookmark_value> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>controls; formatted fields</bookmark_value> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150774" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="131">Special properties of a formatted field</paragraph> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156410" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="127"> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<emph>Formatting</emph>: You can set the <emph>Formatting </emph>property by clicking the <emph>... </emph>button in the <emph>Formatting</emph> line of the <emph>Properties: Formatted Field</emph> dialog. The <emph>Number Format</emph> dialog appears.</paragraph> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150443" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="128">If the formatted field is connected to the text field of a database, the entries in this field will be treated as text. If the formatted field is connected to a field of the database that can be displayed as a number, the input is treated as numbers. The date and time are also handled internally as numbers.</paragraph> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150976" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="129"> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<emph>Min. value</emph> and <emph>Max. value</emph>: You can enter the minimum and maximum numeric value for a formatted field. The min and max values determine the output of existing data (Example: Min. value is 5, the connected database field contains the integer value 3. The output is 5, but the value in the database is not modified) and the input of new data (Example: Max. value is 10 and you enter 20. The input is corrected and 10 is written in the database). If the fields are not filled in for <emph>Min. value </emph>and <emph>Max. value</emph>, no limits will be applied. For formatted fields that are connected to a database text field, these two values and the <emph>Default value</emph> do not apply.</paragraph> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153665" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="130"> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<emph>Default value</emph>: This value is set for new records as the default value.</paragraph> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</body> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 53