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Field_Rules
Purpose Defines the input characteristics of a field.
Decln. Field_Rules(ID:byte;Rules:word;AChar,DChar:IOCharSet);
Remarks ID is the field ID number.
Rules is a word that indicates the display characteristics of the
field. There are 5 different field Rules:
ALLOWNULL
SUPPRESSZERO
RIGHTJUSTIFY
ERASEDEFAULT
JUMPIFFULL
The desired attributes are summed to give the combined field
Rules.
AChar is a set of allowable characters that the user will be able
to input. Set it to [#0] for the default characters.
DChar is a set of characters that the user will not be able to
input. Set it to No_Char (defined as [#0]) for the default
characters.
Example
BEGIN
FIELD_RULES(2,ALLOWNULL+SUPPRESSZERO,NO_CHAR,['*','?']);
FIELD_RULES(3,RIGHTJUSTIFY,NO_CHAR,NO_CHAR);
END;
See Also:
Set_Default_Rules
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