Specifications

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2 Do one of the following:
• Delete the display format.
• Select a format in the extended attribute system tables from the
pop-up list.
• Create a format for the column by typing it in the Format box. For
more information, see “Defining display formats” next.
Format not saved in the extended attribute system tables
If you create a format here, it is used only for the current column and is not
saved in the extended attribute system tables.
Shortcuts in the Report painter
To assign the Currency or Percent display format to a numeric column in a
report, select the column, then click the Currency or Percent button in the
PainterBar or select Format>Currency or Format>Percent from the menu bar.
Customizing the
toolbar
You can add buttons to the PainterBar that assign a specified display format to
selected columns in reports and forms.
For more information, see “Customizing toolbars” on page 31.
Defining display formats
Display formats are represented through masks, where certain characters have
special significance. InfoMaker supports four kinds of display formats, each
using different mask characters:
Numbers
Strings
Dates
Times
For example, in a string format mask, each
@ represents a character in the
string and all other characters represent themselves. You can use the following
mask to display phone numbers:
(@@@) @@@-@@@@