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Modifying the properties of an input box

Every input boxA form field in an input block. An input box accepts user data that will be inserted into a database. has certain properties that you can modify after you complete the Database Wizard. These include:

• For string and number input boxes:
  • Box width (in characters)
  • Maximum input length (in characters)
• For text input boxes:
  • Box width (in characters)
  • Box height (in lines of text)
• For date input boxes:
  • Date/time format

To modify the properties of an input box

1. Double-click the input box.
2. Edit the input box’s properties and then click OK.

When changing the format template of a date input box, the following keywords have the following meanings:

yy	year (4 digits)
mm	month (2 digits)
dd	date (2 digits)
hh	hour (24-hour format)
mi	minute

You can freely rearrange the keywords in any order. Any other characters in the template, such as punctuation marks, are static text and will appear in the date input box exactly as entered. For user-friendliness, you may wish to substitute words for some or all of the default punctuation characters, as in the example below:

Related topics

Adding an input box

Changing a block element’s associated database field

Modifying the properties of an input box