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Adding Conditions

To add conditions use the following steps:

1. From the Edit Action - Condition panel type ? in the Condition field and press Enter.

   Or do the following:

   From the Edit Database Relations panel type Z2 next to the file to field relation for which you want to define conditions.

   The Edit Field Details panel appears.

2. From this panel, change any of the field attributes and add any narrative text.
3. Press F9 to view the field conditions.

   The Edit Field Conditions panel appears.

4. Enter a new condition. Type the name of the condition in the Enter Condition field and the condition type, VAL or LST for status fields or CMP and RNG for non-status fields and type Enter.

   The Edit Field Condition Details appears.

5. If your field is of type status, type the internal file value associated with the condition name. For instance, P for the field condition Paid.
6. If your field is of any type other than status and the condition type is range (RNG), type the From and To range.
7. If your condition type is Compare (CMP), type the comparison operator (EQ, GT) and the comparison value.