Difference between revisions of "Deprecated - Custom Field Type: Select Many – List Box"

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Field Display

Edit Mode

View Mode

General Description

Displays as a List box in Edit mode. Displays as a list of values the user can select multiple values. The user needs to use Control + Click to select multiple items or Shift + Click to select a set of contiguous items.

Field Options

• Display Order: The order (relative to other fields) in which this field is displayed
• Tab Name: Displays the field under a given tab
• Field Name: The name of the field, used internally to reference the user's input
• Caption: The leading question or prologue before the field
• Allow Empty: This checkbox allows the field to be left empty
• Searchable: This field can be searched within the tracking application
• Track Changes: Keeps track of changes made to this field

Special Options for Field

Values: The values to be used in the list box delimited by a semi-colon with no spaces

Note: If you want the value(s) stored in the field to be different from what is displayed beside in list box you can use the following syntax in the Values section:

StoreValue1=DisplayValue1;StoreValue2=DisplayValue2;StoreValue3=DisplayValue3;

The value before the equal sign will be stored. The value after the equal sign is what will be displayed in the list box, but does not get saved.

Services

• Enable Map Service: displays the map icon next to the field name that will launch the user’s selected map service and display a map of the content of the field
• Enable People Search Service: displays the search Internet icon next to the field name that will launch a variety of search services and display the contact details from those services
• Enable Organization Search Service: displays the search Internet icon next to the field name that will launch a variety of search services and display the organisations details from those services

Field Validation

• Type: Select Date, Numeric, or Alphabetic validation
• JavaScript Validation: Custom JavaScript validation formulas can be entered in this field
• Message: The message that the user will see if the data in the field fails a validation check

Value Stores To

• Custom Field: Enables linking two different custom fields to the same user data

Field Formatting Options

• Width: Determines the width of the field
• Height: Determines the height of the field
• Number Format: Formats any numbers entered into this field
• Style: Bold, Underline, Italic, Highlight
• Tool Tip: Enter help text to be shown on mouse-over
• Read Only: Checkbox
• HTML Tag: Additional attributes to the field HTML tag
• Visibility Condition: Conditions upon which the field is visible

Role - Field Permissions

These fields allow you to control by Role who is allowed to view and/or modify the field.

Status - Field Permissions

• Only present within the Universal Tracking Application

These fields allow you to control by the Status of the record whether or not the field can be viewed and/or modified.