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Prompt Definition Section

Define site specific prompts. 

  • If a Site Specific Single Select Dictionary is added to a form and the dictionary values are unlocked, the field will appear as a single select drop down, as well as allow users to right click to update the dictionary values.
  • If a Site Specific Single Select Dictionary is added to a form and the dictionary values are locked, the field will appear as a single select radio button field and will not allow a right click to edit the dictionary values.
  • If a Site Specific Single Select Dictionary is added to a form with a single locked dictionary value, the field will appear as a single select checkbox, and always default as checked when the form is opened for a new record.
  • If a Site Specific Multi-Select Dictionary with a single locked dictionary value is added to a form it will also appear as a checkbox, but will not default to checked when the form is opened for a new record.
  1. In the Prompt Definition table, click Add New Item.

  2. The Prompt Order field displays the form object order.
  • Changing the prompt order number moves the field to a different position in the section.
  • Prompts are added from the left, and the top of the form screen.
  1. In the Site Specific Field field, select the field.

  2. In the Label field, enter the field description.

  3. In the Initially Enabled field, select Yes if the object is enabled when the form is opened.

  4. In the Initially Required field, select Yes if the object is required when the form is opened.

  5. In the Prompt Width field:
  • Select Half Page to display the field across half of the screen, using a center line.
  • Select Full Page to display the field across the full form screen.
  1. In the Force New Page field:
  • Select Yes to display the field on an additional page.
  • Select No to create a new page as new fields are added.

The following applies to dictionaries:

  1. In the Number of Scrolling Text Box Rows field, enter the number of text rows to be entered in a scrolling text box before scroll bars display.

  2. In the Expand Combo/List Box to Full Object Width field, select Yes to display the object across the full screen.

  3. In the Lock Dictionary Values field, select Yes to prevent the dictionary from being modified.  Single select dictionaries display as radio buttons. Multiple selection dictionaries display as check boxes.

  4. In the Exclude from Data Collection Instrument field, select Yes to prevent the field from displaying in the form screen.

  5. If appropriate, in the Product Custom Logic field, select site specific fields that can be used with application logic (Form Definition form, Event Def. section).

  6. Click Submit.

The following applies to the object selected in the Type of Object field:

Type of prompt definition objects

Label objects

  1. In the 'Is the Label Associated with a Hypertext Link' field, select Yes to associate the label with a hypertext link.

  2. In the Hypertext Link field, enter the link address.

  3. Click Test Hypertext Link to test the link.

  4. In the Label Appearance field, select the link displays format.

Other File Lookup objects

  1. In the Specify specific alternate lookups for “Other File Lookup” field:

  • Select Yes to include alternate lookups in an Other Entity Lookup field.
  • Select No to use the default selection.
  1. In the Alternate Lookups field, select alternate lookups for an Other Entity Lookup field.

Subsections

  1. In the Generate Subsection for New Page field, select Yes to create a Subsection for the page.

  2. In the Include Page Number in Subsection field, select Yes to include the page number in the subsection.

  3. In the Subsection field, enter the subsection description.

Reports

  1. In the Report field, select the report to be generated by clicking the report button.  Reports are added through the Import Report for Command Button Launch form.

  2. In the Report Command Button Caption field, enter the report command button title.

  3. In the Send Report Directly to Default Printer field, select Yes to print reports when a report button is clicked.  Select No to display the report through the report viewer.

  4. In the Show Group Tree field, select Yes to show the group tree in reports.

  5. 'Report Parameter' fields - select the report parameters in the order they will display in the SQL parameter screen.

    An SQL report with a parameter screen must be loaded in the new form.

 

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