Combo List Edit

Combolists are used to define a list Combobox Items. They can be used to define all the options available for a field in the Record Editor. See "Defining Combo Field" for details of how to use a Combo.

The Screen is divided into two parts:

Combo Search

Used to find and select the Combo List to be editted. See "Combo Selection Panel" for more details.

Edit

Used to update the Combo Lists. See "Combo Edit Panel" for more details.

Combo Selection Panel

This panel is used select the combo Lists to display and edit.

Fields

Combo Name

This field is used to limit what is displayed in the List. You can\ use % character as a wildcard.

System

Used to restrict the List to Combos in a specific system.

List

Used to Select which list to edit.

Combo Edit Panel

Used to update a combo list

Fields on the Screen

System

System this Combo List belongs to. It is only used for searching.

Combo Name

Name of the Combo List. It used to refence this list in the field definition screen

Combo Type

Type of Combobox to display

Standard Combo

Display a list of possible Values. The Selected Value is what gets put in the file.

Key/Value Combo

With these Combos the values displayed to the user are different from what the file holds. In the above example, Combo Code holds the file value while Combo Value holds the value displayed to the User. So the File would hold H1 while the user sees PO Header (H1).

Insert Lines

The number of lines to insert

Table Buttons

The second row of buttons refer to the Field Table / Sub-Record Table immediately below the buttons

Table

Combo Items to be displayed in the Combobox

Defining a Combo Field

To use your Combo List (Say AmsPoDownloadType) in a Record Layout (Copybook) definition, you must

Please look at How To use Combos for more details.