HP Data Entry and Forms Management System (VPLUS) Reference Manual (32209-90024)

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INTRODUCTION TO FORMS DESIGN

EASE OF FORMS DESIGN

DIG Data entered in a ﬁeld of this type must be a positive

integer. No sign, no commas, and no decimal point can be

included. As with NUM data, validity checks are

performed on this data type.

For example, 10030, 2 and 307 are all legitimate entries

in a DIG ﬁeld, but 10.5, 100,000 or -10 are not.

IMP n A value entered in an IMP ﬁeld has an assumed decimal

point. The assumed decimal point is n places from the

right of the value. (Note that the value, n, must be

speciﬁed.) Although permitted, a decimal point should not

be entered in this type ﬁeld, but commas and an optional

leading sign (+ or -) are allowed. As with NUM type data,

validity checks are performed on data of this type.

For example, if the data type is IMP2, and the user enters

the value 500, the value is treated as 5.00.

With Native Language Support, the symbols accepted for

thousands and accepted or required for decimal indication

are language dependent. For more information on Native

Language Support, see Section 8.

Date Types.

MDY A date entered in an MDY ﬁeld must be in the order: month, day, year. The

data can be entered in any format, such as FEB 6, 1986 or 02/06/86 or

FEBRUARY 6 86 and so forth.

DMY A date entered in a DMY ﬁeld must be in the order: day, month, year. It

can be any format, such as 2 MAR 1986 or 02-03-86 or 2/3/86 and so

forth.

YMD A date entered in a YMD ﬁeld must be in the order: year, month, day. It

can be in any format such as 1986, APRIL 12 or 86/4/12 or 86-04-1 or

860402.

Table 3-4. How Each Numeric Data Type Interprets Entered Values

Entered

Value

Interpreted Value (Based on data type)

NUM2 IMP2 NUM NUM0 DIG

10.95 10.95 10.95 10.95 (error) (error)

1095 1095.00 10.95 1095 1095 1095

10.9 10.90 10.90 10.9 (error) (error)

10.956 (error) (error) 10.956 (error) (error)

-100 -100.00 -1.00 -100 -100 (error)

1,000 1,000.00 (error) 1,000 1,000 (error)

1,00000 (error) 1,000.00 (error) (error) (error)