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Labels

When you display a field, the field name is the default screen label. You can specify a different label using the Label property in the Field Editor. Typically, you want your default label to be more descriptive than the field name, which most programmers like to keep short. You can also specify a different label in the Column Label field for use when Progress displays data in columns. Both the label and column label can consist of any text, including blanks.

To keep the default label (field name), enter ? in the label fields.

The Field Editor also contains the Help Text property. Progress displays the text entered here in the default status area of the window when the field gets input focus. You can specify any text you like. Consistently providing help text for database fields significantly reduces the burden of programming help messages.


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