Create Field Type Window - General Tab

Use this tab to create new field types.

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Name

Enter up to 32 characters, including spaces (leading and trailing spaces are removed). The name, which must be unique, is not case-sensitive.

Description

Enter up to 80 characters. The description appears whenever field type properties are displayed.

Dictionary

Enter the path and file name for a Zonal dictionary file. (Alternatively, you can browse for the file.) The Zonal dictionary is used for checking unrecognized words in zones for the current field type only. The Zonal dictionary must be accessible to the Recognition Server module.

If you provide a list of known values in the Values tab for this window, the dictionary is not used.

Data Type

Enter the data type for the field type. Kofax Capture supports 11 ODBC-compliant data types. The data type you enter should match the corresponding data type in your target database for index fields.

Note Some data types require additional information.
Number of characters

For CHAR and VARCHAR types, enter the maximum number of characters for your field type. You can enter any value from 1 to 25,000. For other types, this option is not displayed.

Numeric digits

For DECIMAL and NUMERIC types, enter the number of numeric digits for your field type. This value includes any digits that appear after the decimal point (if any). You can enter any value from 1 to 15.

For other numeric types, this option displays the default number of digits for the selected type.

Decimal places

For DECIMAL and NUMERIC types, enter the number of decimal places. This value is the number of digits that appear after the decimal point. You can enter any value from 0 to the total number of numeric digits for the field type.

Support Locale Format

Select this option if you want index values formatted to match the custom locale in the Regional and Language setting on the workstation. Only the following data types support this option: Date, Decimal, Double, Float, Integer, Numeric, Real, SmallInt, and Time. If another data type is selected, this option does not appear.