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Entry-Related Directives
Appendix B Gateway Directives 111
type=how-to-display. Renders the attribute on-screen in a particular format. Legal values
described in Table B-2 correspond roughly to HTML form element names.
options=option. Modifies how the attribute is displayed. Legal values are described in
Table B-3.
Table B-1 DS_ATTRIBUTE: Display of syntax Argument
syntax Description Display As
tel Display as a telephone number text
dn Display as a distinguished name href (a link to an LDAP entry)
mail Display as a mailto: URL href (mailto: URL)
mls Display as a multi-line string text
time Display as date/time text
cis Display as a case-ignore string text
url Display as a labeled URL href (URL)
Table B-2 DS_ATTRIBUTE: Display of type Argument
type Display
text Display as text.
textarea Show as an HTML TEXTAREA.
radio Show as a radio button.
checkbox Show as a check box.
password Show as an HTML password text box (characters are not echoed).
hidden Show values in hidden form fields.
Table B-3 DS_ATTRIBUTE: Display of options Argument
options Display
sort Sort the attribute values.
nolink Do not attempt to display the attribute as a hyperlink.