Field Properties


Note		Each region has its own field and row properties. In addition, some properties apply only to line-oriented regions. These properties are marked with an asterisk.

Table 19. Field Properties
Property	Description	Editable	Affects XML	Navigational
Field Element Name	The name you want to use for field elements in the XML output. The default value is field.	Yes	Yes	No
Component Element Name	The name you want to use for sub-fields detected by Stylus Studio (based on the Field Component Separator character) in the XML output. The default value is component.	Yes	Yes	No
Source Data Type	The data type of the current field. Stylus Studio provides support for the following data types: String, Boolean, number, date, time, byte, short, integer, long, float, double. Note that some properties are type-specific. See Type-Specific Properties for information on properties that are associated with specific data types.	No	Yes	No
Target Data Type	Not currently used.
Number	The number of the field in which the cursor is located. Starting with 1 from the left-most field.	No	No	No
Fields in Current Row	The number of fields in the current row.	No	No	No
Max Fields in Row	The number of fields in the row that contains the largest number of fields.	No	No	No
Cursor Position	The offset of the cursor's current location from the start of the current field.	No	No	No
Offset	The offset of the start of the current field. Measured from the start of the row.	No	No	No
Length	The length of the current field in characters.	No	No	No
Max Length *	The length of the longest field in the current row.	No	No	No
Value	The value of the current field. This value also appears in the status bar.	No	No	No

* This property is for line-oriented regions only.

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