VGUIRecord field properties

The following properties are available to fields in Records that have the VGUIRecord stereotype:

Table 1. VGUIRecord field properties
Property Description
@programLinkData Specifies details for transferring control from one VGWebTransaction program to another.
currency Indicates whether to include a currency symbol before the value in a numeric field.
currencySymbol Indicates which currency symbol to use when the currency property is in effect.
dateFormat Identifies the format that EGL uses to parse or display dates.
displayName Specifies the label that is displayed next to the field.
fillCharacter Specifies a character to fill unused positions in a field.
help Specifies the help text that is displayed when the user places the cursor over the input field.
inputRequired Indicates whether the user is required to place data in the field.
inputRequiredMsgKey Identifies the message that is displayed if the inputRequired property is set to YES and the user fails to place data into the field.
isBoolean Indicates that the field contains a Boolean value.
minimumInput Indicates the minimum number of characters that the user must enter in the field.
minimumInputMsgKey Identifies the message that is displayed if the user types in the field, but enters fewer characters than specified in the minimumInputRequired property.
numElementsItem for JSF Handlers or VGUI Records Identifies a field whose value specifies the number of array elements to display.
numericSeparator Indicates whether EGL places a character in a number that has an integer component of more than 3 digits.
runValidatorFromProgram Indicates whether the function referenced in the validatorFunction property runs on the web application server.
selectedIndexItem  
sign Tells EGL how to indicate that a numeric value is positive or negative.
timeFormat Identifies the format that EGL uses to parse or display a TIME variable.
typeChkMsgKey Identifies the error message that EGL displays if the input data is not appropriate for the field type.
uiType Specifies the HTML tags to be created when a VGWebTransaction program displays a VGUIRecord.
upperCase Specifies whether alphabetic characters that the user enters are converted to upper case.
validatorDataTable Identifies a validator table, which provides comparisons for user input.
validatorDataTableMsgKey Identifies the message that is displayed if the user provides data that does not match the requirements of the validator table.
validatorFunction Identifies a validator function, which runs after EGL performs elementary validation checks.
validatorFunctionMsgKey Identifies a message that is displayed if the validator function finds an error.
validValues Indicates a set of values that are valid for user input.
validValuesMsgKey Identifies the error message that is displayed if the user places out-of-range data into the field.
zeroFormat Specifies how zero values are displayed in numeric fields.

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