5.3 Item Type

This topic describes the item type.

The value of this field will be defaulted to DATABASE item, if the field has taken from the data source. If the field is a UI field, item type can be either CONTROL or DESC. Item type can be provided as CONTROL for non-data fields like buttons, labels etc.

Item Type can be provided as DESC for control fields used for display of data. Example: description of another data source column field If the type is DESC parent field should be attached and the selected parent field should have a LOV attached to it. And the current field should be one of the return fields of the attached LOV.

Figure 5-18 Defining Field as Text

Description of "Figure 5-18 Defining Field as Text"

The field will be generated in the package and front end (SYS.js) only if the item type is Database item. CONTROL and DESC types are UI fields; hence won’t be present in the generated packages.

This topic describes the following sub-topics:

• Text Area Rows
  This topic describes the text area rows.
• Text Area Columns
  This topic describes the text area columns.
• Related Block
  This topic describes the related block.
• Related Field
  This topic describes about the related field.
• Parent Field
  This topic describes about the parent field.
• Min Val
  This topic describes about the min val.
• Max Val
  This topic describes about the max val.
• Max Decimals
  This topic describes about the max decimals.
• LOV Name
  This topic describes about the LOV Name.
• Offline LOV Name
  This topic describes about the offline LOV name.
• Field set Name
  This topic describes about the field set name.
• Data Type
  This topic describes about the data type.
• Data Source
  This topic describes about the data source.
• Column Name
  This topic describes about the column name.
• Max Length
  This topic describes about the max length.
• Field Size
  This topic describes about the field size.
• Default Value
  This topic describes about the default value.
• Preview Value
  This topic describes about the preview value.
• Mask Id
  This topic describes about the mask Id.
• Popup Edit Required
  This topic describes about the popup edit required.
• Required
  This topic describes about the required.
• Visible
  This topic describes about the visible.
• Input by LOV Only
  This topic describes about the input by LOV only.
• Calendar Text
  This topic describes about the calendar text.
• Upper Case Only
  This topic describes about the upper case only.
• LOV Validation Required
  This topic describes about the LOV validation required.
• Not Required in XSD
  This topic describes about the not required in XSD.
• Read Only
  This topic describes about the read only.
• Custom Attributes
  This topic describes about the custom attributes.
• Exact Fetch
  This topic describes about the exact fetch.
• Hot Key Required
  This topic describes about the hot key required.
• Focus Required
  This topic describes about the focus required.
• Events
  This topic describes about the events.
• Bind Variables
  This topic describes about the bind variables.
• Return Fields
  This topic describes about the return fields.