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Defining New Field Types

You use the Edit Field Type panel to define new field types. This panel enables you to update the attributes for CA 2E field user-defined types. This panel is display only for CA 2E system field types.

Follow these instructions to define your own field type:

1. On the Edit Database Relations panel, type *F in the Object positioner area to display the *Field attribute types file.

   Type Z against one of the relations for the *Field attribute types file to access the field types. The Display Field Types panel displays.

   This panel shows a list and the description of all the existing field types contained in the shipped file.

   

2. Press F9 to display the Edit Field Type panel, which is where you define a new field type. Enter all of the necessary information to specify the characteristics of the field type. The options are explained following the panel.