Importing Data Fields

You can import a data field from an object in your Natural environment into an input field control or a selection box control which you create at the same time.

Start of instruction setTo import data fields

  1. From the Insert menu, choose either Import > Input field or Import > Selection box.

    The Import Data Field dialog box appears with the Library list box.

    The list contains all libraries that reside in the current FNAT and FUSER system file, which are displayed as nodes in the Natural Studio tree view (the display can be limited by using the Display Filter function of Natural Studio). In addition, the list contains all libraries from inactive system files as specified in the steplib table.

  2. Choose a library and a Natural object type.

    A list of objects appears.

    The list contains all objects, which are displayed in the library nodes of the Natural Studio tree view (the display can be limited by using the Display Filter function of Natural Studio).

  3. Choose an object.

    A list of data fields appears.

  4. Choose the data field(s) you want to use for creating a dialog element.

  5. Choose Import.

    The selection box control or the input field control is created with the selected data field(s). Note that the fields themselves are not imported.