Specifications

Contents
Users Guide ix
Resizing controls in a report.................................................. 249
Aligning controls in a report................................................... 249
Equalizing the space between controls in a report................ 250
Equalizing the size of controls in a report.............................. 250
Sliding controls to remove blank space in a report................ 251
Positioning controls in a report..................................................... 252
Rotating controls in a report ......................................................... 253
CHAPTER 8 Displaying and Validating Data ................................................. 257
About displaying and validating data............................................ 257
Presenting the data ............................................................... 258
Validating data....................................................................... 259
About display formats................................................................... 259
Working with display formats ....................................................... 260
Working with display formats in the Database painter .......... 261
Working with display formats in the Report painter and
Form painter ................................................................... 262
Defining display formats............................................................... 263
Number display formats ........................................................ 265
String display formats............................................................ 267
Date display formats.............................................................. 267
Time display formats ............................................................. 269
About edit styles........................................................................... 270
Working with edit styles................................................................ 272
Working with edit styles in the Database painter................... 272
Working with edit styles in the Form or Report painter.......... 274
Defining edit styles....................................................................... 274
The Edit edit style.................................................................. 274
The DropDownListBox edit style ........................................... 275
The CheckBox edit style........................................................ 276
The RadioButtons edit style .................................................. 277
The EditMask edit style ......................................................... 278
The DropDownDataWindow edit style................................... 281
The RichText edit style.......................................................... 283
The InkEdit edit style............................................................. 283
Defining a code table ................................................................... 284
How code tables are implemented........................................ 284
How code tables are processed............................................ 286
Validating user input.............................................................. 286
About validation rules................................................................... 287
Understanding validation rules.............................................. 288
Working with validation rules........................................................ 288
Defining validation rules ............................................................... 289
Defining a validation rule in the Database painter................. 289