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This is the property you will use to connect your object to your program.  By double clicking on the property entry box you can display the Field Name lookup that you have in the Screen Form editor.  The only difference is that it will not search for Defined fields in a source file.

 

The field name you put in here may be different from the value saved in the data dictionary.   Also, if you choose the name from the Field Name lookup the size of the field will be appended automatically to the DataField name.  For example, you could have something like this:

 

CUSTNAME{25}

 

This tells the program that the field has been defined as a maximum of 25 characters.  Then, if you double click on the Width property the object width will be set to the approximate size required to print the entire field.  Depending on the data you print it may be too large or too small, but it should be a close approximation.

 

 

 

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