2.0

Defining Objects
Designing a Form - 142
Defining a Comb Object
Choose
Object Definition...
in the Format menu to open the Comb
Definition dialog box when a comb object is selected.
This dialog box contains most of the same options as the Fill Text
Definition dialog box with these exceptions:
• It contains an
Interpret As
drop-down list instead of a
Format
drop-down list.
• It contains an
Elements
section.
• It contains a
Fill Right to Left
option.
These options are described in this section. See “Defining a Fill Text
Object” on page 138 for detailed information on the other options.
Interpret As
Your selection determines the way information entered in the Comb
field will be used when searching, sorting, importing, and exporting.
Available options vary according to the
Type
selection.
For example, suppose you selected
Number
in the
Type
drop-down list
and
0.00
in the
Interpret As
drop-down list. If you entered 1234 in the
field in fill view, OmniForm would interpret this number as 12.34 even
if the comb did not contain a decimal point as a
prefill
element. A search
for 12.34 would return this record.
A specific
Interpret As
setting is not necessary when you define the
correct prefill elements in a comb object, such as a decimal point.
OmniForm would know the entry was a decimal number in this case
even if you selected the
General
option in the
Interpret As
drop-down list.