Before you begin
Ensure that the
Enhanced checkbox option in the
Preferences tab of the
Template Properties window is selected to make the
Extended tab and the
Large Icon and
Push checkboxes available in the
General tab of the
Insert Checkbox window.
You can log on as a KBM admin in Template Editor to modify the properties of NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine templates.
- Open Template Editor, drag CheckBox from the Fields toolbar to the template design area where you want to place it.
The
Insert Checkbox window opens.
- In Table, do one of the following:
- To create a field native to the table associated with this template, leave the field blank.
- To share fields with another template, select that template.
- To create a local template field, select local.
- In Field, do one of the following:
- In Type, enter alphabetic or numeric values.
You can enter only integers or whole numbers for numeric values. NextGen Healthcare recommends that you use numeric as a standard selection for checkboxes.
- To change the length of the field, enter the value in Length.
The default value is set to 0. For the
Text type, you must set the value as 1.
Note: After you have defined the length for a decimal type field and saved your template, you cannot change it. You can increase the length for a text type field.
- To position the field on the template, enter the appropriate numeric values to replace the current vertical and horizontal coordinates displayed in Position.
- To set the size of the checkbox and the associated caption, clear Auto Size and enter the dimensions in Size.
Auto Size is selected by default.
You can select Large Icon to configure the size of the checkbox to large icon.
- In Align, select Left, Center, or Right alignment.
- In Style, do one of the following:
- Select Normal to enter data.
- Select Read-Only to display data.
- Select Required to allow saving the entire template.
- In Caption, enter the text to be displayed for the checkbox.
You can select
Left Text to position the caption on the left of the checkbox.
Note: You can use in-place caption editing to enter the caption directly in the field after you have created it.
- In Values, do the following:
- For Text, enter a capital Y for Checked or N for Unchecked.
- For Numeric, enter 1 for Checked and 0 for Unchecked.
- To hide the field, select Hidden.
- To create a checkbox that can be in a checked, unchecked, or null state, select Tri-state.
- To apply a push-button functionality to the checkbox, select Push.
- Enter comment, if any.
- Enter a data type in the Item data field.
Note: You can set multiple item data values separated through ; in the template fields. The item data values are used in the run time with the SETITEMDATA and ITEMDATA functions to retrive the item data associated with the field.
- Select Script It.
The Script Clipboard window opens with the script of the label.
- Select Copy to Clipboard.
- Optional: In the Font and Color tab, set up properties for the font name, size, style, text, color, and background colors for the checkbox
- Optional: In the Advanced tab, copy data forward, use no zero decimals, attach audio or a list, or create a tooltip for the checkbox.
- Optional: In the Field Attributes tab, view the added attribute and values from the Attribute Setup.
You can select the values from the list for the respective attributes. Boolean type attributes have a True or False option and numeric type attribute have integers from the minimum value to maximum value defined for the attribute.
Note: You can modify the KBM.CodifyField attribute from the Set Codified Field Attribute Utility window when you are logged on to the NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine templates as a user.
- Optional: In the Extended tab, set up a custom image for the checkbox.
- Select OK and then select Save.
