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Custom Mask |
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The custom mask allows you to create your own format to
tailor the way information is displayed on the finished form.
This function is especially useful for displaying codes,
constructing special currency formats and incorporating text
within variable data.
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Create a custom mask |
To create a custom mask:
- Create a new variable text object or edit an
existing variable text object.
- On the Link to field dialog box, select
Custom from the Mask as menu.
- In the Mask text box type in the mask
required, using the underscore to mark the exact
placement of the characters from the original field.
It is important to enter enough underscores to
represent the maximum field size.
- Click the OK button to apply the mask.
Using suppression you can then remove unwanted
spaces or leading zeros from your data field.
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Custom mask with left suppression: |
In the following example we remove leading zeros
from the customer number field.
To create a Custom mask with left suppression:
- Create a new variable text object or edit an
existing variable text object.
- On the Link to field dialog box, select
Custom from the Mask as menu.
- To delete the suppression, highlight the area of
the suppression mask you wish to delete and click
the Delete button.
- Check the Suppress spaces only if you
want to suppress only leading or trailing spaces
from the data field.
- Check the Space replace suppressed character
if you want to replace suppressed characters with
spaces. This is useful if you want to keep alignment
as is.
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Custom mask with right suppression |
In the following example we remove a trailing
space from the company name variable.
To create a custom mask with right suppression:
- Create
a new variable text or object or edit and existing
variable text object.
- On the Link to field dialog box, select
Custom from
the Mask as menu.
- In the Mask text box type in the mask
required, using the underscore to mark the exact
placement of the characters from the original field.
It is important to enter enough underscores to
represent the maximum field size.
- In the Mask text box, highlight the area where the
trailing spaces will appear. Click on the Right button.
The highlighted area will change color. The purple
highlight indicates the start of the suppression and the
red highlight indicates where right suppression will
occur.
- To delete the suppression, highlight the area of the
suppression mask you wish to delete and click the Delete
button.
- Check the Suppress spaces only if you
want to suppress only leading or trailing spaces
from the data field.
- Check the Space replace suppressed character
if you want to replace suppressed characters with
spaces. This is useful if you want to keep alignment
as is.
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