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Storage and display of fields

The following table lists the field types and their associated property types and controls.The table also identifies the run-time appearance of each type of data.

You select a field type when you add a field to a data type. Use this table to decide which field type to add to a data type, based on what kind of information will be stored or displayed.

Simple types

Field type	Property type	Control name	Run-time appearance
Text (single line)	Text	pxTextInput	Text box.
Text (paragraph)	Text	pxTextArea	Text area.
Boolean	TrueFalse	pxCheckBox	Check box.
Currency	Decimal	pxCurrency	Text box.
Date & time	DateTime	pxDateTime	Text box. An embedded calendar supports hours and minutes.
Date only	Date	pxDateTime	Text box. An embedded calendar supports days, months, and years.
Decimal	Decimal	pxNumber	Text box.
Email	Text	pxEmail	Text box.
Integer	Integer	pxInteger	Text box.
Phone	Text	pxPhone	Text box.
Picklist	Text	pxDropdown or pxRadioButtons	A drop-down list or set of radio buttons.
Time	TimeOfDay	pxDateTime	Text box. An embedded clock supports hours and minutes.

Fancy types

Field type	Property type	Control name	Run-time appearance
Attachment	Page	Not applicable.	A button and an empty text box. The text box displays the path to the file after the attachment is uploaded.
Location	Page	Not applicable.	A map and an empty text box. Users can enter a location in the text box or drag and drop a pin on the map.
User reference	Text	pxDropdown	A drop-down list that is populated with the list of users in your application.

Field type

Property type

Control name

Run-time appearance

Attachment

Page

Not applicable.

A button and an empty text box.

The text box displays the path to the file after the attachment is uploaded.

Location

Page

Not applicable.

A map and an empty text box.

Users can enter a location in the text box or drag and drop a pin on the map.

User reference

Text

pxDropdown

A drop-down list that is populated with the list of users in your application.

Complex types

Field type	Property type	Control name	Run-time appearance
Field group	Page	Not applicable.	A group of related fields. Users interact with fields based on your selected display modes. The visual appearance of each field is determined by the field type.
Field group list	Page list	Not applicable.	A group of pages. Users interact with field group lists based on your selected display modes. The visual appearance of each field is determined by the field type.
Data reference	Page	pxAutoComplete	An autocomplete field that prompts users to select a record of another data type.
Data reference list	Page list	Not applicable.	If the list references a single data page, this type is a read-only list of fields that refer records of another data type. If each item in the list references a data page, this type is a list of autocomplete fields that prompt users to select records of other data types.

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