You can only declare one data type for each item. If you do not set the data type, XFDL will default to string.
| Data Type | Description | Format Defaults To: |
|---|---|---|
| currency | a fixed point decimal number with a scale of 2 and a range equal to the range of a float | Any number. Automatically adds .00 to end, if no decimal value specified. |
| date | a date including day-of-month, month, and year | 3 Mar 2005 |
| day_of_month | the number of a day of the month | 12 |
| day_of_week | the name or number of a day of the week | Thu |
| date_time | The date, including year, month, day,
and the time, including at least hours and minutes Note: If a
date_time formatted
field references a value in the instance, when the value is populated
it is normalized to UTC. When the form is subsequently opened, the
field will display a date and time that is localized to the time zone
that the form was opened in. |
5 Oct 2005 6:45:21 PM |
| float | a positive or negative floating point decimal number in the range of 1.7 * 10-308 to 1.7 * 10308 | Any decimal number. |
| integer | a positive or negative whole number in the range of -2,147,483,648 to +2,147,483,647 | Any whole number. |
| month | the name or number of a month | Mar |
| string | free form character data up to 32K long | Any group of characters. |
| time | a time value containing hours and minutes from the 12 hour or the 24 hour clock | 11:23:21 PM |
| void | disable entire format option (including data type, presentation, and constraints) | no effect on contents of the item |
| year | a numeric year designation | 2005 |