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Default Value Assignment

The IDD menu facility automatically supplies default values in many response fields. These default values allow you quick access to information most likely to be used in response fields.

You can accept a default value or override it by typing the appropriate value over the default. In most cases, even if the new value is placed in a separate response field from the default field, IDD menu facility automatically recognizes the new information and ignores the default value.

Example of Overriding a Default

For example, on the Display All screen, the default value for the COMPARISON ACTION field is EQ (equal). To override the default, you type an x in the CONTAINS field.

      IDD REL nn.n         *** DISPLAY ALL ***                         DISP
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 DISPLAY PROCESSING ORDER..:X FIRST  _ NEXT   _ LAST   _ PRIOR  _ ALL

 NUMBER OF OCCURRENCES.....:20

 OF ENTITY TYPE............:_ ATTRIBUTES       _ PROCESSES        _ TABLES
                            _ CLASSES          _ PROGRAMS         _ USERS
                            x ELEMENTS         _ QFILES           _ MESSAGES
                            _ FILES            _ RECORDS
                            _ MODULES          _ SYSTEMS
                            _ MODULES ONLY (WITHOUT PROCESSES, QFILES, TABLES)
                            _ USER DEFINED ENTITY...:

    WHERE 'VALUE'/FIELD....:name

        COMPARISON ACTION..:X EQ   _ NE   _ GT   _ GE   _ LT   _ LE
                            x CONTAINS     _ MATCHES

          'VALUE'/FIELD....:'w-emp'
       OR 'VALUE'/FIELD....:
       OR 'VALUE'/FIELD....: