Configuring the display of fields in applications

In the Document Processing and Batch Document Processing templates, you can configure how certain fields are displayed for the end-user when they fix data extraction issues in document processing applications.

Procedure

  1. Open Application Designer and go to your application.
  2. In a document processing application, open the Verify Page. In a batch document processing application, open the Verify Data page.
  3. Click the properties " " icon that is displayed when you click in the main page.
  4. Click the Page display tab.
  5. Select the document type and the field that you want to customize, and select among the following options:
    • Read only: In the application, this field is shown but cannot be edited. This setting is overridden at runtime if the value has an error or a warning, or if the field is marked as required and has a missing value.
    • Hide field: In the application, this field does not appear. This setting is overridden at runtime if the value has an error or a warning, or if the field is marked as required and has a missing value.
    • Multi-line: In this field, the end-user is able to enter multiple lines of text. This is useful for addresses or descriptions, for example.
    • Format field: Specify a display format for the value. In the application, the value for this field is shown according to this format. Use # to indicate where numbers can be entered, a for alpha characters, and * for either number or alpha characters. All other characters are displayed as part of the mask.

      For example, if you specify ###-###-#### for a phone number, the value is displayed as 000-000-0000 in the application.

    The choice of options might depend on the value format. For example, for a table, you can only configure fields to be hidden or read-only. You cannot configure the display for individual rows or columns within a table.

  6. Optional: You can reorder fields, either by dragging them up or down, or by using your keyboard and selecting either the up or down arrows on the selected row. In the runtime applications, the fields are displayed in the order that you specify.
  7. Click Save and exit.