2.0

Defining Objects
6-22 Designing a Form
This dialog box contains most of the same options as the Fill Text
Definition dialog box with these exceptions:
• It contains an
Interpret As
pop-up menu instead of a
Format
pop-
up menu.
• 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 6-17 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
pop-up menu
and
0.00
in the
Interpret As
pop-up menu. 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
pop-up menu.
Element Options
1 Click the
Properties
tab.
2 Type a number in the
Number of Elements
text box.
A zip code field for the United States, for example, would have
either five or nine elements.
3 Type a number in the
Width of Elements
text box to set how wide
all comb elements will be.
You can resize individual elements later if you want to change
their width.
4 Type a number in the
Inter-Element Spacing
text box to set the
amount of space between each comb element.
You can resize individual elements later if you want to change
inter-element spacing.