U.M. (Windows)

2-6 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
1 The characters displayed for the decimal separator and thousands
separator in number fields, and the part separators in date and time
fields, and the order in which date and time parts appear depend on
the system formats set for the file and the display format for the field.
See appendix B, “Working with international files,” and “Defining
display formats for fields” on page 3-58.
Choosing data entry options
For each text, number, date, time, and container field, you can set or
change options to make entering data fast and accurate. You can have
default data entered in the field and have the data checked against
validation requirements set for the field.
1. Create a file, or choose Define from the File menu and then
choose Fields.
2. In the Define Fields dialog box, double-click a field you want to set
data entry options for.
3. In the Entry Options dialog box, click a tab for the type of entry
options to set (at the top of the dialog box).
1 To have a default value automatically entered in the selected field
for each record, click Auto-Enter.
1 To have data in the field checked against validation requirements
you set for the field in each record, click Validation.
4. Define repetitions and storage options.
1 To make the field a repeating field, select Repeating field with a
maximum of
n repetitions, and then type the number of repetitions.
(See “Defining repeating fields” on page 2-10.) To set options for
indexing the field’s values, click Storage Options, and then select
indexing options. You can also choose a language for indexing and
sorting text fields. (See “Indexing fields” on page 2-11.)
5. Select options for automatically entering and validating data.
Choose FileMaker Help Index from the Help menu, and then type:
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