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CHAPTER 8
Displaying and Validating Data
About this chapter
This chapter describes how to customize your report or form by modifying
the display values in columns and specifying validation rules.
Contents
About displaying and validating data
When InfoMaker generates a basic report or form, it uses the extended
attributes defined for the data and stored in the extended attribute system
tables.
For more information about the extended attribute system tables, see
Appendix B, “The Extended Attribute System Tables.”
In the Database painter, you can create the extended attribute definitions
that specify a column’s display format, edit style, and validation rules.
In the Report painter or Form painter, you can override these extended
attribute definitions for a column in a report or form. These overrides do
not change the information stored with the column definition in the
extended attribute system tables.
Topic Page
About displaying and validating data 257
About display formats 259
Working with display formats 260
Defining display formats 263
About edit styles 270
Working with edit styles 272
Defining edit styles 274
Defining a code table 284
About validation rules 287
Working with validation rules 288
Defining validation rules 289
How to maintain extended attributes 294