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Field WNum

A user-assigned numeric identifier for a window. Valid Values An integer Remarks WNum can be used in an application program to identify the window that had focus when control returned to the program. (See ThisWindow.WindowNum in the Language Reference.) See Also FNum, FormNum, MenuNum

Field WdgMinValid Values

Specifies the lower boundary on the scroll bar. Valid Values A number (longint) Remarks The smallest acceptable value is -32,768. A scroll bar’s minimum value must be less than its maximum value. See Also WdgMaxValue, WdgLargeIncrement, WdgSmallIncrement

Field HelpMsg

A customized help message for a form field. A message that is output whenever the form field gets focus. The message appears in any form field of the “user message” class (DT is set to M) that is available in the current form or display. Valid Values A 256-character string If no message is specified,…
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Field ListWidth

The width used to display a field’s value in the output of a LIST or REPORT command. Valid Values Any number. The specified number is the width (in characters) that will be used to output the field’s value. If 0 is specified (DEFAULT), the width is determined at output time. If a negative number is…
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Field WdgParID

The identification number for the form field’s parent object. Valid Values A number (longint) (DEFAULT =  0) Remarks If WdgParID is 0, the form field’s parent is considered to be the form to which it belongs. If WdgParID is non-zero, its parent is another form field in the form. See Also WdgID

Field DisplayName

The name assigned to a display (Displays); or, the name of the display in which a particular form appears (DisplayForms). Valid Values An 18-character string, containing a valid object name See Also ConstName, DDObjectName, DDOwnerName, DirName, DocName, EntName, FieldName, FormName, MenuName, OwnerName, RelName, RoleName, SetName, UserName, VarName

Field Decimals

The number of decimal places for numeric fields or variables. Valid Values Any integer. If Decimals is left blank, 0 is used by default. Remarks Decimals is used for int, longint, vastint, and numeric data types and is ignored when the data type is date, alpha, varalpha, char, or varchar. See Also Length, Type

Field FormDirName

The application directory location of a form used in a display. The name of the one application directory from which the associated form is to be obtained. Valid Values An 18-character string, containing a valid object name Remarks If FormDirName is left blank, the form may be obtained from any available application directory. See Also…
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Field FieldLen

Indicates the maximum length (in characters) of the form field’s data value. Valid Values An integer (1 to 32000) Remarks If the FieldLen exceeds the visual space available for displaying data in this form field (see Wdth, Hght, WdgWdth, and WdgHght), then the data can be scrolled through the visual space. See Also Hght, WdgHght,…
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Field FormName

The name assigned to a form (Forms); or, the name of a form used in a display (DisplayForms); or, the form to which a particular form field belongs (FormFields). Valid Values An 18-character string, containing a valid object name See Also ConstName, DDObjectName, DDOwnerName, DirName, DisplayName, DocName, EntName, FieldName, MenuName, OwnerName, RelName, RoleName, SetName, UserName,…
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