Field
A Field is a Development Object that represents a unit of data in an Entity. This could represent a column in a DBMS table or data that is not stored in the database, such as a derived field or a user interface control. Its associated properties define the way it is stored, its GUI representation, and default behavior.
Characteristics
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Characteristics |
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Object type code: |
fld |
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Main Development Object? |
No |
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Part of: |
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Contains: |
Value, Property, Code Container |
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Generalization: |
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Specializations: |
Modeled Field, Component Field, Derived Component Field, Database Field, Non-Database Field |
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Compilation Output |
— |
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Specialization
Field is an abstract data type that specializes Development Object in the following ways:
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It has an Entity as parent
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It has no child development objects
Properties
Object Properties:
Configuration Properties:
- Inherits
- Inherits From
- Is Generic (only in modeled components)
- Is Bound (only in derived components)
- Bound To (only in derived components)
Data I/O Properties:
- Data Type
- Is External
- Is Static
- Is Control
- Database Interface (Entities)
- Field Syntax
- Field Layout
- Initial Value
Presentation Properties:
- FRM Widget Type (Field)
- FRM Widget Properties
- DSP Widget Type
- DSP Widget Properties
- USP Widget Type
- USP Widget Properties
- Pop-up Menu
- Label Text
