13. Building Applications : The Globals Submenu of the Edit an Application Frame : The Create a Record Definition Frame : Create Record Types
 
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Create Record Types
Start by selecting the Globals operation from the Edit an Application frame. Select RecordType from the resulting submenu.
To define a record type
1. From the Edit Application Record Type Definitions frame, shown in Edit Application Record Type Definitions frame figure, select Create. The Create a Record Definition frame appears, as shown in the previous figure.
2. In the Name field, enter a name. This cannot be the name of an Ingres data type or a record type for the application. If the record Name is not unique, you must create the record definition again. The field is blank when you first see it.
3. You can enter and modify the Short Remark field on this frame.
4. Create the record by selecting OK. To stop the operation, select Cancel, which returns you to the Edit Application Record Type Definitions frame.
Following the successful definition of a record type, ABF displays the Edit Application Record Type Definitions catalog frame. You can use this frame to define the attributes for the record type.