Editing an Entry Field Element

For each Entry Field element, the following properties can be specified: position and size, the type of marking, the cell size, the number of text lines in the element, the width of the marking line, the marking line color, the tip text, the tip text color, the tip font, the mode of selecting the tip font size and the element's background color, and the linked field.

You can change the properties of the Entry Field element in the Element Properties window located in the bottom right corner of the main window. The Element Properties window is displayed only if View → Element Properties is selected on the main menu.

Item Description
Element
Type Entry Field
ID A unique identifier of the element.
Position & Size Group
Left Sets the distance between the left edge of the form and the element.
Top Sets the distance between the top edge of the form and the element.
Width Sets the width of entry field element.
Height

Sets the height of the entry field element.

Important!You can change the number of lines in an entry field only if you have selected the Multiple rows check box on the Marking tab. Use the Marking tab to change the cell height.

Alignment
Horizontal

Aligns the text within the element horizontally:

  • Center - centers the text horizontally
  • Left - aligns the text to the left edge of the element
  • Right - aligns the text to the right edge of the element
Vertical

Aligns the text within the element vertically:

  • Bottom - aligns the text to the bottom edge of the element
  • Center - centers the text vertically
  • Top - aligns the text to the top edge of the element
Orientation

Sets the orientation of the text.

  • Normal (horizontal) - the text will be placed horizontally, left to right
  • Vertical (top-to-bottom) - the text will be placed vertically, top to bottom
  • Vertical (bottom-to-top) - the text will be placed vertically, bottom to top
Marking
Multiple rows Adds multiple rows to the entry field.
Marking type

Sets the marking type for the text:

  • Letters on a Comb
  • Text in a Frame with a Comb
  • Letters in Frames
  • Letters in Separate Frames
  • Letters in Separate Doted Frames
Marking color Selects a marking color from the drop-down list* for dropout forms or from the palette for color forms.
Bold marking line (for all marking types except Letters in Separate Dotted Frames) Changes the frame of the cells to bold.
Cell size

Selects a predefined character cell size from the list.

Sizes for character cells in Letters on a Comb, Text in a Frame with a Comb and Letters in Frames:

  • Extra large (6.5х7.9mm)
  • Large (6.5х7.4mm)
  • Normal (selected by default) (5.2х5.7mm)
  • Small (4.0х4.6mm)
  • Custom (specified by the user). Width values can range from 4.2 to 6.7mm; height values can range from 4.7 to 8.2mm. These values can be adjusted in increments of 0.1mm.

Sizes for character cells in Letters in Separate Frames and Letters in Separate Doted Frames:

  • Extra large (5.0х7.0mm)
  • Large (5.0х6.5mm)
  • Normal (selected by default) (4.0х5.0mm)
  • Small (3.0х4.0mm)
  • Custom (specified by the user). Width values can range from 3.0 to 5.5mm; height values can range from 4.0 to 7.5mm. These values can be adjusted in increments of 0.1mm.

Note.The Extra large and Custom cell sizes are not supported by previous versions of FormDesigner.

Background
Same as form background Makes the background of the entry field the same color as the background of the form.
Other Selects an entry field background color from the drop-down list* for dropout forms or from the palette for color forms.
Tip
Text

Contains tip text. The tip will be printed in the text entry field on the form, with each character from the tip occupying a separate character cell.

Tips for elements of the entry field type may contain separator characters. Separator characters must be preceded by an ampersand (&).

Examples:

  • _ _:_ _ (the separator for time) is specified as "__&:__";
  • _ _/_ _/_ _ (date separator) is specified as "__&/__&/__";
  • (_ _ _)_ _ _-_ _-_ _ (phone number separators) are specified as "&(___&)___&-__&-__".

Separators are always displayed in black and will appear on scans.

A field with separators will appear as a single field in the document structure.

Color Selects a tip color from the drop-down list* for dropout forms or from the palette for color forms.
Font Selects tip font.
Auto size font Selects font size for tips automatically, according to the height of character cells of the field.
Linked Field
Linked field By default, whenever you create an element on your form, a field is created within the document structureto which this element is linked. To link your element to another field of the same type, select the name of the field from the drop-down list..
Constraints
Cannot be blank If this option is selected, the form cannot be exported unless the entry field is filled in.
Constraints:

Use the following buttons to configure constrains for the entry field:

* - The range of available colors depends on the type of your form (black and white or color).

Note.You may purchase additional fonts and multilingual font support at www.paratype.com/shop/.

12.04.2024 18:16:02

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