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Defining Attributes One Field at a Time

The Extended Field Definition fill‑in defines detailed information for one field at a time. The information entered on the Extended Field Definition fill‑in includes parameter overrides and validation rules.

You can define any attribute that can be defined on the Extended Field Definition fill‑in on one of the attribute definition tables. The advantage to using the Extended Field Definition fill‑in is that the attribute names are not abbreviated and the options you can enter are listed to the right of the field. Any modification you make in this fill‑in is reflected automatically in any attribute definition table that includes that attribute.

To display the Extended Field Definition fill‑in, you can use one of three commands shown in the following table:

When an extended field definition displays, the line of the panel layout that contains the requested field displays in the top portion of the region, with a series of asterisks positioned directly below the field. The attributes defining the field display in a column down the remainder of the screen.

Depending on the type of the field, the Extended Field Definition fill‑in shows attributes for an alphanumeric, numeric, or group field. The following example shows the extended attributes for an alphanumeric field. The example in the section titled For an Alphanumeric Field shows the extended attributes for a numeric field. The example in the section titled For a Group Field shows the attributes for a group field.

The field number and length display on the Extended Field Definition fill‑in, but you cannot change them. An asterisk to the right of a value on this fill‑in marks a value that was set on the Parameter fill‑in.