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MultiFields Business Rule

Description

The MultiFields business rule defines a multifield rule configuration. This configuration defines a set of one or more fields and a number range. The number range allows the user to select the number of fields to display on the screen. Each configured multifields business rule can be referenced by its rule name in MultiFields elements in screen and transaction configurations that use multifields.

MultiFields Business Rule Element/Attribute Table

Element	Definition	Element/Attribute Values
<MultiFields>	Required: The opening and closing tag of the MultiFields rule.
<MultiField>	Required:
<Title>	Optional element: Defines the title of the MultiFields pop-up display window.	If this element is omitted in the business rule, the MultiFields window title will be "MultiFields".
<ComboDisplay>	Optional element: Defines the display name of the Number of Fields combo box where the user can select the number of multifields to display.
<Start>	Required: This specifies the starting value of the Number of Fields combo box that allows the user to select how many multifields to display.	Integer
<End>	Required: This specifies the ending value of the Number of Fields combo box.	Integer
<Fields>	Optional element: If no fields are specified, the Number of Fields combo box in the Multifield section will be empty. See Fields Element.

XML Sample

<MultiFields>

<MultiField>

<Title>IdentifierFields</Title>

<ComboDisplay>Combo Display Name</ComboDisplay>

<Start>1</Start>

<End>6</End>

<Fields>

<Field>

<Name>MultiFieldNumber</Name>

<Display>MultiFieldNumber</Display>

<DataType>Identifier</DataType>

<Parts>

<PartTYPE="SEQUENCE"FORMAT="0000000000">MultiFieldID</Part>

</Parts>

</Field>

<Field>

<Name>MultiFieldID</Name>

<Display>MultiFieldID</Display>

<DataType>Identifier</DataType>

<Parts>

<PartTYPE="VALUE">N</Part>

<PartTYPE="FIELD"RIGHT="1">MultiFieldNumber</Part>

</Parts>

</Field>

</Fields>

</MultiField>

</MultiFields>