Forms-Based Application Development Tools User Guide > Part 3: Application-By-Forms > Building Applications > The Globals Submenu of the Edit an Application Frame > The Create a Record Definition Frame
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The Create a Record Definition Frame
To define a record type for your application, select Create from the Edit Application Record Type Definitions frame. Create displays the Create a Record Definition pop-up frame, on which you can enter the name and description. See the following figure:
This pop-up has only two fields:
Name
(Required) Specifies a name that follows the standard naming conventions and is not the name of a Ingres data type or an existing record type for the application. The field is blank when you first see it.
Short Remark
(Optional) Provides a brief description of the record type. This remark appears in the Edit Application Record Type Definitions table field, and can be modified through the MoreInfo About a Record Definition frame.
The menu operations are identical to those on the Create an Application Constant frame:
OK
Creates the new record type
Cancel
Cancels the creation and return to the previous frame
ListChoices
Displays a field data description
Help
Accesses the Help facility
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.
Last modified date: 01/30/2023