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Form Fields Created with Scaffolding Macros

This section explains the following macros.

More information about the text data macro

Date Data macro

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Date-data macro

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The general form is:

Code Block
{date-data:Name|format=[date format]}[<FIXED DATE>, yesterday, today, tomorrow, now]{date-data}

An example follows.

Code Block
{date-data

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:MeetingDateTime

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|format

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=yyyy-MMM-dd HH-mm-ss

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}today

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The markup to produce this example is:

{date-data}

The date data macro establishes the date, initially the date the macro was created. In the Edit Contents view select a different date.

{date-data:MeetingDateTime|format=

Date Data
Code Block
name MeetingDateTime format	yyyy-MMM-dd	HH-mm-ss
}today{date-data}

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Data macro

The text-data macro allows entering and editing free text in the Edit Layout view.

The general form is:

{text-data:Name|type=[line, area]}Default text.{text-data}

An example follows.

Username: {text-data:Username|width=100px}{text-data}
Password: {text-data:Password|type=password|width=100px}{text-data}

|| Address: | {text-data:Address|type=area|width=400px|height=150px}Street,
City, State, Postcode
Country{text-data} |

The following example shows the markup above as rendered with the type=line.text data macros establish the Username, Password, and Address fields. In the Edit Contents view, enter the username, password, and address.

Text DataNameNametypelineUsername:

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Password:

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