Setup - type

This field identifies the data type to which the other parameters refer. This is a single character that will be converted to uppercase.

Setup - name

Simply a name that describes the data type. Only used in the main screen of the setup program.

Setup – sort seq

Defines the order in which the types are listed in the main screen of the setup program. For an alphabetical list, set this to the number of the type character in the alphabet (eg A=1, B=2).

Setup – next num

If set to zero, then item codes will not be automatically assigned.

If set to a numeric value, then the next item for the current type will be automatically assigned a code consisting of the type followed by this number. For example, if the type is 'N' and this field is set to 3, then the next new item of type 'N' will be given the code 'N0003' automatically. This field would then be incremented to 4.

Setup – use date

This field contains a value to indicate how dates are used by this type of item. Values in use are:
Y = dates are used; date field will default to 'YY-MM-DD' to indicate the date format.
T = dates are used; date field will default to today.
A = anniversary dates are used, where the year is not applicable; date field will default to 'MM-DD' to indicate date format.
N = dates are not used; date field will default to 'N/A' to indicate this.

Setup – template

If set to the code value for a data item, any new item of the current type will automatically have its text area set to be the same as the text area of the item listed here.

This field is normally left blank.

Setup – fast seq

Set this value to either '1', '2', '3' or '4' to have the appropriate fast key use this data type.

Set to '0' to indicate the data type does not have a fast key.

Note that LINKZ does not check whether more than one data type is assigned to the same fast key. Only one will be used.