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36 <helpdocument version=
"1.0">
38 <topic id=
"textsharedexplorerdatabase05030300xml" indexer=
"exclude" status=
"PUBLISH">
39 <title id=
"tit" xml-lang=
"en-US">Type formatting
</title>
40 <filename>/text/shared/explorer/database/
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</filename>
43 <created date=
"2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.
</created>
44 <lastedited date=
"2006-01-17T14:52:26">converted from old format - fpe
</lastedited>
48 <section id=
"tabkop3">
49 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3163829" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"1" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"1"><link href=
"text/shared/explorer/database/05030300.xhp" name=
"Type formatting">Type formatting
</link></paragraph>
50 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3150247" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"2">In the data source explorer, you can copy a table by dragging and dropping the table onto the table container. The
<emph> Type formatting
</emph>dialog is the third window of the
<emph>Copy table
</emph> dialog.
</paragraph>
52 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/DBACCESS_MULTILISTBOX_TAB_WIZ_TYPE_SELECT_LB_NEW_COLUMN_NAMES" id=
"bm_id3147291" localize=
"false"/>
53 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3152801" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"3">List box
</paragraph>
54 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3145313" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"4"><ahelp hid=
"DBACCESS_MULTILISTBOX_TAB_WIZ_TYPE_SELECT_LB_NEW_COLUMN_NAMES">Lists the data fields that will be included in to the copied table.
</ahelp></paragraph>
55 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3155535" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"5">Column information
</paragraph>
56 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/HID_TAB_ENT_COLUMNNAME" id=
"bm_id3153311" localize=
"false"/>
57 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3156426" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"3" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"7">Field name
</paragraph>
58 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3153681" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"8"><ahelp hid=
"HID_TAB_ENT_COLUMNNAME">Displays the name of the selected data field. If you want, you can enter a new name.
</ahelp></paragraph>
59 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/HID_TAB_ENT_TYPE" id=
"bm_id3154749" localize=
"false"/>
60 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3156113" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"3" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"9">Field type
</paragraph>
61 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3149811" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"10"><ahelp hid=
"HID_TAB_ENT_TYPE">Select a field type.
</ahelp></paragraph>
62 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/HID_TAB_ENT_TEXT_LEN" id=
"bm_id3149795" localize=
"false"/>
63 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/HID_TAB_ENT_LEN" id=
"bm_id3149516" localize=
"false"/>
64 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3149763" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"3" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"11">Length
</paragraph>
65 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3155449" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"12"><ahelp hid=
"HID_TAB_ENT_LEN">Enter the number of characters for the data field.
</ahelp></paragraph>
66 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/HID_TAB_ENT_SCALE" id=
"bm_id3154285" localize=
"false"/>
67 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3159176" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"3" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"13">Decimal places
</paragraph>
68 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3153666" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"14"><ahelp hid=
"HID_TAB_ENT_SCALE">Enter the number of decimal places for the data field. This option is only available for numerical or decimal data fields.
</ahelp></paragraph>
69 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/HID_TAB_ENT_BOOL_DEFAULT" id=
"bm_id3156155" localize=
"false"/>
70 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3150276" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"3" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"15">Default value
</paragraph>
71 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3147620" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"16"><ahelp hid=
"HID_TAB_ENT_BOOL_DEFAULT">Select the default value for a Yes/No field.
</ahelp></paragraph>
72 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3153087" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"17">Automatic type recognition
</paragraph>
73 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3153561" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"18">$[officename] can automatically recognize field contents when you copy database tables by drag and drop.
</paragraph>
74 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/DBACCESS_NUMERICFIELD_TAB_WIZ_TYPE_SELECT_ET_AUTO" id=
"bm_id3153061" localize=
"false"/>
75 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3156023" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"3" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"19">(max.) lines
</paragraph>
76 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3155923" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"20"><ahelp hid=
"DBACCESS_NUMERICFIELD_TAB_WIZ_TYPE_SELECT_ET_AUTO">Enter the number of lines to use for automatic type recognition.
</ahelp></paragraph>
77 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/DBACCESS_PUSHBUTTON_TAB_WIZ_TYPE_SELECT_PB_AUTO" id=
"bm_id3148946" localize=
"false"/>
78 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3154347" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"3" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"21">Auto
</paragraph>
79 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3152361" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"22"><ahelp hid=
"DBACCESS_PUSHBUTTON_TAB_WIZ_TYPE_SELECT_PB_AUTO">Enables automatic type recognition.
</ahelp></paragraph>