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The Format tab of a string tag contains the following properties...
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The Label Text property is used to specify the label that can be shown next to
this tag when including the tag on a display page. The label differs from the tag
name, in that the former can be translated for international applications, while
the latter remains unchanged and is never shown to the user of the Gateway.
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The Template property is used to provide a “picture” of the string, thereby
indicating what kind of characters can occur in each position. If a template is
specified, data entry will be limited such that only the correct kind of character
can be selected for each character in the string. The table below shows the
meaning of the various special characters that can be included in a template…
Character
Permitted Characters
In Template
A-Z
a-z
0-9
Space Misc
A
Yes
-
-
-
-
a
Yes
Yes
-
-
-
S
Yes
-
-
Yes
-
s
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
-
N
Yes
-
Yes
-
-
n
Yes
Yes
Yes
-
-
M
Yes
-
Yes
Yes
-
m
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
-
0
-
-
Yes
-
-
X
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
The additional characters referred to by the “Misc” column are…
,.:;+-=!?%/$
Characters not included in the table are copied verbatim to the display.
For example, to allow entry of a US telephone number, use a template of…
(000) 000-0000