Overview

There are two types of control you can use to manage the display of number attributes:

  • Number
  • Number increment

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Adding a number type control

To add a number control:

  1. Access the stencil editor for the design you want to change.
  2. Select the Add control option to display the Add controls dialog.
  3. Select the Number or Number Increment control you require from the list of available controls. The control is inserted and the configuration dialog, which is the same for either control, is displayed.

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  1. Select the Attribute field to display the Attribute dialog that allows you to select the required attribute from the current design. Attributes that are not available are greyed out, only number attributes can be selected.

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  1. The Label field allows you to enter a custom label for the control that appears in the item details.

  2. The Format field allows you to use SprintF formatting to format the display of the numbers, for example to add currency labels, units of measurement or manage the precision of the number, see Text and number formatting. When you enter a formatting string you can preview the effect immediately in the control sample visible in the stencil editor.

  3. When you have completed adding controls select the Save stencil button to update the stencil.