Deprecated - Custom Field Type: Select Many – List Box

From SmartWiki
Revision as of 15:41, 10 October 2012 by Douglas Steeves (talk | contribs)

Jump to: navigation, search

Field Display

Edit Mode

Cf50.png

View Mode

Cf51.png

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
  • Appear Mandatory: Makes the field appear as through it required even though "Allow Empty" is selected.
  • 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: 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

Role - Field Permissions

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

Status - Field Permissions

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