1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir 3c63dc91bSAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 4cdf0e10cSrcweir * 5c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 6c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 7c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 8c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 9c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 10c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 11c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 12cdf0e10cSrcweir * 13c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 14cdf0e10cSrcweir * 15c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 16c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 17c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 18c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 19c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 20c63dc91bSAndrew Rist * under the License. 21cdf0e10cSrcweir * 22c63dc91bSAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 23c63dc91bSAndrew Rist 24cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 26cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textshared0201170002xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 27cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Special properties of a formatted field</title> 28cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/shared/02/01170002.xhp</filename> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir<body> 328b0727e7Smseidel<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150774"> 338b0727e7Smseidel<bookmark_value>formatted fields; properties</bookmark_value> 34cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>fields; formatted fields</bookmark_value> 35cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>controls; formatted fields</bookmark_value> 36cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 37*4e4a9701Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150774" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U">Special properties of a formatted field</paragraph> 38*4e4a9701Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156410" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 40*4e4a9701Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150443" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">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> 41*4e4a9701Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150976" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 43*4e4a9701Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153665" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><emph>Default value</emph>: This value is set for new records as the default value.</paragraph> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 46