Except for "-" and ".", the formatting and miscellaneous codes do not affect the characters which can be entered; rather, they only affect the way the characters are formatted. Note that unless otherwise indicated, formatting codes only affect the way a field is displayed on the screen and not how it is returned to the calling program.
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Value |
Description |
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|# |
(bar hash) Disables the automatic display of "0" in a numeric field when nothing entered. |
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- |
(hyphen) Allow minus sign. |
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. |
(period) Allow decimal point. |
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$ |
(dollar sign) Currency field. |
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G |
May be useful for aligning decimal points in column of variable precision numbers. |
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H |
Hours field. Like $ but omits the "$" from the display. |
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M |
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R |
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u |
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v |
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Z |