Data Type property

This table maps keywords for data type definitions to property names in the C omponent properties sheet.

This property is enabled only if you have the Free Form property set to True.

Keyword Component Property
DATATYPE Underlying Type
LENGTH Length
DECIMALPOINT Decimal Point Position
BOOLTRUE Boolean True
BOOLFALSE Boolean False
DEFAULTVALUE Default Value
CASE Upper or Lower Case
ENABLEDWHEN Enabled When
REQUIREDWHEN Required When
VISIBLEWHEN Visible When

A value of the Data Type property is specified like this:

keyword1 ( parameter ) [keyword2 ( parameter ) . . . keywordn ( parameter ) ]

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