Using predefined formats in heritage coach controls (deprecated)

Choose from the available predefined character formats for your heritage coach controls.

About this task

The following procedure describes how to choose from the available predefined character formats.

Procedure

  1. Open the service that contains the heritage coach that you want to work with and then click the Coaches tab.
  2. Click the heritage coach control for which you want to add formatting.
  3. Click the Presentation option in the properties.
  4. Under Widget Style, click the Select button next to the Format field and choose the format that you want:
    Table 1. Input required for the Format options
    Option Example
    Currency: $ ###,###,###.## Enter the value 123456789 , the value is formatted to $123,456,789
    Currency: ###,###,###.## € Enter the value 123456789 , the value is formatted to 123,456,789€
    Currency: € ###,###,###.## Enter the value 123456789 , the value is formatted to €123,456,789
    Integer: ###,###,### Enter the value 123456789 , the value is formatted to 123,456,789
    Decimal: ###,###,###.## Enter the value 123456789 , the value is formatted to 123,456,789
    US phone: (###) 000-0000 Enter the value 5555555555 , the value is formatted to (555) 555-5555
    US SSN: 000-00-0000 Enter the value 123456789 , the value is formatted to 123-45-6789
  5. Save your changes.
    When you run the service that contains the heritage coach, the values typed into the control are automatically formatted as shown in the preceding examples. If a user enters non-numeric characters, those characters are removed. If a user enters only non-numeric characters, no formatting is applied.