1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir 3cdf0e10cSrcweir 4*c63dc91bSAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 5cdf0e10cSrcweir * 6*c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 9*c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 13*c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * 14*c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 15*c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * 16*c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 17*c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 18*c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 19*c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 20*c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * under the License. 22*c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * 23*c63dc91bSAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 24*c63dc91bSAndrew Rist 25*c63dc91bSAndrew Rist 26cdf0e10cSrcweir 27cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 28cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textshared0201170002xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Special properties of a formatted field</title> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/shared/02/01170002.xhp</filename> 32cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic> 33cdf0e10cSrcweir<history> 34cdf0e10cSrcweir<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> 35cdf0e10cSrcweir<lastedited date="2004-09-06T08:43:27">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited> 36cdf0e10cSrcweir</history> 37cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir<body> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150774"><bookmark_value>formatted fields; properties</bookmark_value> 40cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>fields; formatted fields</bookmark_value> 41cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>controls; formatted fields</bookmark_value> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150774" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="131">Special properties of a formatted field</paragraph> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156410" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="127"> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Formatting</emph>: You can set the <emph>Formatting </emph>property by clicking the <emph>... </emph>button in the <emph>Formatting</emph> line of the <emph>Properties: Formatted Field</emph> dialog. The <emph>Number Format</emph> dialog appears.</paragraph> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150443" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="128">If the formatted field is connected to the text field of a database, the entries in this field will be treated as text. If the formatted field is connected to a field of the database that can be displayed as a number, the input is treated as numbers. The date and time are also handled internally as numbers.</paragraph> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150976" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="129"> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Min. value</emph> and <emph>Max. value</emph>: You can enter the minimum and maximum numeric value for a formatted field. The min and max values determine the output of existing data (Example: Min. value is 5, the connected database field contains the integer value 3. The output is 5, but the value in the database is not modified) and the input of new data (Example: Max. value is 10 and you enter 20. The input is corrected and 10 is written in the database). If the fields are not filled in for <emph>Min. value </emph>and <emph>Max. value</emph>, no limits will be applied. For formatted fields that are connected to a database text field, these two values and the <emph>Default value</emph> do not apply.</paragraph> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153665" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="130"> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Default value</emph>: This value is set for new records as the default value.</paragraph> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 53