Fields
Note: A field is sometimes called an item. This is the case in the names of the functions Next Item, Previous Item, and Duplicate Item.
Fields are areas on a form where you can enter, query, change, and display specific information. The following terms describe a field:
• Enabled. You can put the cursor in the field. Information in the field appears in black text.
• Disabled. You cannot put the cursor in the field. Information (if it exists) appears in gray text.
• Enterable. You can enter information in the field. The field is usually enabled. In certain situations, however, it may be disabled.
• Display only. You cannot enter information in the field.
The color of some field names is BLUE. This means that there is a Validation Table that can be accessed from that field for a valid list of entries.
There is a Validation form for the Citizen, Ethnic, Marital, Religion, and Legacy fields on the above form.
Auto Hint
The auto hint at the bottom of the form can contain the following information for the field where the cursor is located:
• Brief field description
• Error and processing messages
• Keyboard equivalents, if you can access other blocks, windows, or forms from the field
