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Prefill Standard Data in Documents

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Overview

Prefilling data in a control that the user is allowed to edit can help speed up data entry. 

Details

If you have an Edit box or a Memo field that is regularly filled with the same information, you can prefill that text and still allow the users to make editing changes. In the same manner, if you have a TierComboBox, you can default to the most common selection but still allow users to choose another item off the list. (This is the control where you type the selection list yourself, not a TierLookupCombo.) 

The following example shows Illinois as the default selection, even though it appears at the bottom of the selection list.

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For each control, use the following property settings in the Object Inspector. 

  • In a TierEdit:EditText: Type the prefill data into the EditText property.
  • In a TierMemo:Lines: Double-click to open the editing box that holds the default memo text. Then type or paste the default text into the editing box.
  • In a TierComboBox:Text: Select the item from the choices to default to in the ComboBox.