Symbol Technologies AccuScan Palm Pro PDAs & Smartphones User Manual


 
Chapter 4: Field Settings
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General
General is set to accept all data types in a field, including date time stamps.
Numeric
Numeric is set when the field is only used for numeric data. When a field’s Data Type is
set to Numeric, it does not accept any Alpha characters.
Date
Date is set when the field is used to enter dates.
Time
Time is set when the field is used to enter times.
Note: Time data is always stored in military format.
Edit Hint (Pro Version only)
When Edit Hint is selected a field Hint can be entered as reference for the chosen field in the
provided memo space. This feature is used to provide reference details about the information
being captured in a particular field. To view a field Hint a user taps the field label in the data
entry screen.
Note: Field Hints may also be uploaded from a text file on your PC. See section 5.5 for more
information on this feature.
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Default
The Default represents the value that is initially used for the selected field. For example, you may
set up one of your fields to represent a quantity. Likewise, you might want to set the Default for
that field to be 1.
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