MetaAttribute Characteristics
MetaAttribute Type
Ab | MetaAttribute Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
X | String | Alphanumeric or numeric if not used to compute data with a defined MetaAttribute Length value (1-1024) |
D | DateTime | Date (available until year 2038) Format: "YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM:SS" In windows where dates can be entered, the format used is the one defined in the Windows configuration. |
W | DateTime64 | Date Format: "YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM:SS" |
U | AbsoluteDateTime64 | Date, which does not include the time Format: "YYYY/MM/DD" |
A | VarChar | ASCII text (for large text like comments) |
B | VarBinary | Binary text (reserved) |
1 | Boolean | Boolean (0 or 1) |
S | Short | Integer (0-65535) |
L | Long | Integer (0 - 4294967295) |
Q | Binary | Binary (reserved) with a defined MetaAttribute Length |
H | Double | Integer (0 - 18446744073709551616) |
F | Float | Floating number |
C | Currency |
MetaAttribute Format
MetaAttribute Format enables indication that external values are stored in a table (value T).
Ab | MetaAttribute Format | Description |
|---|---|---|
S | Standard | for a string (default value) |
F | Enumeration | or string type with predefined list of values |
T | Enumeration(opened) | for string type with list of values open to user input |
D | Duration | for a date |
P | Percent | for a percentage |
E | Double | for a number |
O | Object | for an object |
Z | Signed Number | for a signed number |
C | Currency | for a currency |
B | RGBcolor | for a color |
8 | UTF-8 | for a unicode string |
MetaText Format
By default, each new object type is connected to the "Comment" characteristic.
The MetaText Format specifies the text format:
• CONDITION
• XML
• XML not completed
• CSV
• ANSI
• RTF
• HTML
• JSON
• FIELD