Text Input Box Properties dialog box – Text Input Box Settings tab

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This dialog box lets you add or configure a text input field in an input block or a modification block.

Target field

Select the database field corresponding to the text input field. The drop-down menu lists all the eligible fields among those you selected in the Database Fields step of the Database Wizard. Only fields that have the text data type or the string data type are eligible.

Namo Web Editor icon note Text Input Box Properties dialog box   Text Input Box SettingsAlthough it is possible to type a field name into the text box, do not enter the name of a non-text field. If you do so, the input form will not work.

Default value

If desired, enter a default value for the text input field.

If the text input field is in an input block, you can select a parameter that will supply the default value. Click the button to select a parameter from among the parameters that have been defined in Parameters tab of the Document Header Properties dialog box.

If the text input field is in a modification block, the default value can be supplied from a text-format database field among the fields you selected in the Database Fields step of the Database Wizard. The value contained in that field for the selected record will be used as the default value of the text input field when the document is displayed in a browser. Click the button to select a database field.

Number of lines

Specify the height of the text input field, in number of lines.

Width (characters)

Specify the width of the input field, in characters.

Text Input Box Properties dialog box – Text Input Box Settings