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9.2. Defining Field Attributes

This topic describes the field options that appear in the Field attributes area when a field is selected on the Fields/Sections tab.

 

Proceed to one of the following sections below for more information:

About Display-Only Attributes

The following attributes display information and cannot be edited:

Using the Basic Options

The following basic options are available:

  • Label. Enter the Label that appears to the user in the data entry process.
  • Field type. This is a drop down list of the data types of each field in the data entry process. For more information, see Field Types.
  • Maximum number of rows. This option is available only on multiline fields and controls the maximum number of repeating sets that may be entered by the end user.
  • Condition to display. Defines whether a field is displayed or not. The default selection of Always will display the field to the end user. Never will not display the field. Conditions may be configured to dynamically display the field based upon previous input. For more information, see Using the Condition to display Option. 
  • Required. A value of Always/Never defines whether or not the field must be completed before proceeding in the data entry process. Conditions may be configured to dynamically require the field based upon previous input. Required conditions are discussed further here.

Using the Advanced Options

The advanced options appear in the Field attributes area when you click the advanced check box.

The following advanced options are available:
  • Label Calculation? Allows you to define a field's label, as it appears on the eForm's or Document Package's Data Entry View (or the Document Viewer) instead of using only a static label. In other words, this option allows for the creation of dynamic field labels based on actual form input.
    Important: The field's name on the Fields/Sections tab can only be changed using the Label text box.
    If you click the check box, you can access either the Calculation Wizard or the standard calculation editor via the corresponding arrow button. From this point on, you edit the label's calculation just like any other calculation. 
  • Short label. Defines the label that appears for this field when performing searches or modifying the set of index fields.
  • Force check required when hidden. If a field is conditionally hidden, but it is still required, selecting this option will ensure that the field is populated before the form is submitted.
  • Read only. A value of Always/Never defines whether or not the field value may be entered by the user. Conditions may be configured to dynamically prevent the field from being edited. For more information, see Read Only Condition.
  • Input constraint. Defines the format criteria on how the user must enter a value in a field. For example, entering the value of "###-###-####" the user must enter a numeric value of 555-555-5555.  '#' signs denote numeric characters, 'X' denotes alpha characters. Typical Input constraints descriptions can be found in the Calculation Wizard documentation. Other options include all caps and proper name.  All caps forces entered text to capital letters. Proper name forces the capitalization of the first letter of each word.
  • Constraint warning message. Defines the text that is displayed to the user if the Input constraint is not entered correctly.
  • Alert condition. Defines a message box alert and its triggered condition. Alert messages are warnings for the end user. They do not prevent the user from continuing. To create an alert condition, select new condition from the option menu and configure the condition with the condition wizard. Once the condition or the standard Always option is selected, select edit alert message to enter the alert text. The alert text can contain previously entered user data.
  • Locking signature fields. Allows you to specify a signature field that, when a signature is applied, will lock this field. When the corresponding arrow button is clicked, a dialog box appears, allowing you to select any number of existing signature fields.
  • Width. Numeric value that defines how wide the field text area.
  • Max Length. Numeric value that defines the maximum number of characters that can be entered in a text area.
  • Calculated field? Calculated fields are values generated by the system in response to some user input. For more information, see Calculations. 
  • Button calculation? Calculations that are executed in response to a button press.
  • Default calculation? Defaults a fixed or dynamic value in the field. For more information, see Default Calculations. 
  • Generation calculation? Calculations that are executed when documents are generated. For more information, see Calculations. 
  • Clear value when hidden. When selected, this option will clear the field's value from being saved if its condition to display becomes false during user entry.
  • Actions and Buttons. Configures the actions executed in relation to a user's interaction with the field. For example, an action may be triggered by the on change event of a field.
  • Push values to fields. Allows you to place ("push") the contents of a multi-value field into a different form field. For more information, see Pushing Multi-value Field Content Into Other Form Fields.
  • Exempt from flattening. A value of Always/Never defines whether or not the field is flattened. Conditions may be configured to dynamically prevent the field from being flattened.
  • Field help. Context senstitive help that appears to the end user. When this is defined for a field a help icon will automatically appear to the right of the field. HTML syntax can be used to configure the text that is displayed. For more information, see Creating Context Sensitive Field Help.

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