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Ruler areas or ruler fields are used to generate headings within the add<\/em> and edit<\/em> screens. Ruler fields provide spacing and provide an opportunity to place text as assistance to the user.<\/p>\n

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Ruler fields on the add screen<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n\t\t\t\tData dictionary field<\/td>\n\n\t\t\t\tPurpose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\tName<\/td>\n\n\t\t\t\tThis defines the name of the field. For example, a field named RULE_WORKFLOW is valid. You may define any number of ruler fields, as long as the name for each one begins with the characters RULE_.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\tDisplay Type<\/td>\n\n\t\t\t\tMust be Custom<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\tTitle<\/td>\n\n\t\t\t\tTypically this is a space character<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\tHelp Text<\/td>\n\n\t\t\t\tThis is the text to place upon the ruler on the add<\/em> or edit<\/em> screen.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The standard distribution of ExtraView that ships with the user custom class named CustomCodeBase.java contains this functionality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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