Field types

Field Types Supported by WODA

Usage:

$x = 'phoneNumber';# this is the name of the field
$WBF{$x,'type'} = 'INPUT';

• BREAK
  A horizontal line to separate fields in forms and tabular output
• COMPUTE
  A field which is not stored in the database but is computed on the fly when record is read.
• DATE
  Date type. Internally represented as yyyy/mm/dd.
• EMAIL
  An email address. By default rendered as mailto: link, checked to include @a.
• FILE
  A file somewhere on the server, relative to htmlURL. E.g. picture, full text document ... By default rendered as link to that file.
• HTMLAREA
  A paragraph of text or a whole tagged HTML document. Any formatting should be done in HTML. If HTML tags are not present two newlines will be replaced by P tag. Adjust size with rows=n cols=m in typePar. Enable rich editing with RICH in typePar
• IMAGE
  Like USERFILE but will be rendered on screen as an IMG.
• INPUT
  The defaul field type. A line of text.
• LINKOPTION (obsolete)
  An option list where the options are keys from another table. Define table's alias or dataDir in the into attribute
• LIST
  A list of values. Values should be entered one per row. Formatting and verification applies one per each item
• OPTION
  An option list. Define options in the options attribute. typePar may include RADIO, SIZE, MULTIPLE and TREE. Field will be offered for hierarchical browsing.
• SUBMIT
  Link to submit buttons. Use if you want an extra section in the middle of the form.
• TEXTAREA
  Several rows of preformatted text. Adjust the size with rows=n cols=m. Will be tagged as

   unless P or BR tags are present

• URL
  A URL. By default rendered as a link.
• USERFILE
  Like FILE, but database users can upload it to the server.