Custom Field Type: Select Many – Check Boxes
Field Display
Edit Mode
View Mode
General Description
Displays as a set of check boxes in Edit mode. The user can select multiple values. In View mode the values are displayed as text, semi-colon delimited. The # of columns option is used to define the number of columns required for display.
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 for each check 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 the check boxes 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 by each check 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
- # of Columns: Determines the number of columns to be used for display purposes
- Number Format: Allows you to define how numbers in this field will be displayed. See here for details.
- 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
These fields allow you to control by Role who is allowed to view and/or modify the field.
- 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.
Notes
Referencing the Value
When trying to reference the values of this custom field type, you must use @fieldname.value@ when the values in the combo box are 1=Yes;2=No;3=Maybe.
Using @fieldname.value@ will return the 1, 2, or 3.
