Specifications

44 Plan and Create the Production Form
ID Works Basic Version 5 Administrator’s Guide
changed record is explicitly saved, or both. Alternatively, you can
specify that the sample data you supply be used as the default value
for Production operators.
See the online help topic “Add a text field to a Production Form” for
step-by-step instructions.
Text Field Masks
You can use a mask on a text field to format data and provide some
control over what values can be entered. With a text field mask you
can place literal characters (such as spaces, dashes, and
parentheses) in the display of the entered data, convert characters to
a set format (such as uppercase text), or restrict entered characters
(for example, to numeric characters). Text field masks are helpful
when storing numeric data (for example, telephone numbers) in text
database columns. When stored as a text string, numeric values can
be searched using wildcard characters.
You establish a mask on the Mask tab of the Edit Field Properties
[Text] dialog box. (See the online help topic “Add a mask to a
Production Form text field” for step-by-step instructions.) The Mask
tab displays a preview of what the field will look like to the Production
operator as well as the minimum field length required to enter data
using the mask in Production. You must set the Input Length on the
General tab to a value equal to or larger than the field length
required. Note that the minimum field length required to display the
mask is not the size of the database column required to hold the
entered data. The required database column size may be smaller
because literals are not stored in the database.
Masked fields are limited to 100 characters.
Available mask characters and their behavior in the Production
application are described in the following tables.