• Add Fields to List Dialog Box
• Alpha Five Basics
• Automatic Backup and Revision Control of Layouts and Field Rules
• Automatically Populating Linking Field Values when Doing Data Entry
• Calculated Fields
• Calculated Values
• Changing the Caseof Words
• Coded Fields
• Controlling a Field's Width
• Copy Previous Field
• Creating a Field Rule Event
• Creating a Posting Field Rule
• Creating a Simple List
• Creating and Using a Summary Field
• Creating and Using an Email Smart Field
• Creating and Using Calculated Values
• Data Field Control Properties
• Default Values
• Defaulting a Date Field to Today's Date
• Define an Alpha Five View Query
• Dial Phone Number in Field
• Display Help Topic
• Exporting Fields from a Table
• Expression Builder
• F1 Context Sensitive Help
• Field Rule Field Events
• Field Rule Record Events
• Field Rules
• Field Rules Table Lookups
• Field Rules: Field Types
• Filtering Records to Exclude a Single Field Value
• Find Tables that Contain a Field Name
• Form Level Field Rules
• How Auto-Increment Fields Work
• Improvements V9
• List Box Table Lookup
• Mask Style
• Microsoft Word Integration
• Modifying a Form Field on the On Change Event
• Multi Field Quick Filter Dialog Box
• Override Field Definitions Dialog
• Overview of Field Rules
• Parent-Child Dialog Example
• Placing a Calculated Value on a Form
• Placing a Data Field on a Form
• Placing Bitmap and JPEG Image Fields
• Placing Image File Reference Fields
• Placing Smart Fields on a Form
• Query Builder
• Quickly Sorting and FilteringRecords
• Re-EvaluatingField Rules
• Recalculating Calculated Fields
• Required Fields
• Resize Fields to Fit Data
• Retrieving Distinct Field Values
• Returning a Different Field Than You Display
• Right-Click Menus
• Select Fields Dialog - Generic
• Select Text in a Field
• Skipping Over Fields
• Sorting and Selecting Overview
• Specify Filter Dialog
• Specify Order Dialog
• Specify Table Name Dialog
• Tracking Changes to Table Fields
• Types of Field Rules
• Update Example
• Using a Coded Lookup Field
• Using Field Rules to Generate A Table Lookup
• Using Field Statistics
• Using Object Properties for Table Lookups
• Using the Fields Panel
• Validation Rules
• When Calculated Fields are Calculated
• Xbasic View Record

Types of Field Rules

Description

The following list includes a brief description of each field rule in its own respective category.

Field Types

• Calculated Fields

  Alpha Anywhere automatically calculates field values.

• Auto-increment

  Assigns incrementing field values as records are entered.

• Default Descriptive Name

  Changes the default field name; for example, "F_Name" to "First Name".

• Field Description

  Provides the status bar text that appears when a field is selected.

Data Entry

• Required

  Specifies that a field must contain data.

• Masks/Templates

  Inserts formatting characters, like dashes and spaces, and determines whether a number or letter can be entered in a particular location in the field.

• Auto-Advance

  Moves the cursor to the next field, when the current field is full; for example, after you enter both characters in a two-character state abbreviation field, the cursor moves to the next field.

• Default Mode

  Fills in a constant value that you provide, or the result of a default expression.

• Skip

  Causes the cursor to skip over the field, when you press the Tab or Enter keys.

• Position Cursor

  Places the cursor at the beginning or end of selected or non-selected text, when the field gets focus.

Transformations

• Case Convert

  Converts values to uppercase, lowercase, or a combinations of both.

• Speed Typing Glossary

  Fills in a longer word or phrase, when you enter a user-defined keyword.

Validations

• Double Entry

  Requires that a field value be entered twice, to ensure data entry accuracy.

• Min/Max Value

  Specifies the minimum and maximum field values.

• Uniqueness Test

  Prohibits a field value from being entered in the same field for another record.

• Cross-file Validation

  Cross-checks a field value to a field value in another table.

• Custom Validation

  Checks the validity of a field value using a validation expression or user-defined function.

Lookups

• Simple List

  Presents a pre-defined list of values for field entry.

• Cascading List

  Presents a pre-defined list, which can include multiple sub-lists, for field entry.

• Table Lookup

  Presents selections from an existing table, for field entry.

• Conditional Table Lookup

  Presents values for data entry, based on a conditional expression.

• Previous Values

  Presents values from a list of previously entered values.

Posting

• Posting

  Posts data from the current field to a target field, thus, you can add to, subtract from, or replace the target field value. Useful for keeping a running total, by using the Add Operation, or for tracking inventory levels, by using the Subtract Operation.

Events

• Field Event

  Xbasic code executed for a field.

• Record Event

  Xbasic code executed for a record.