Designer Details
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The Database Oasis display designer lets you drag fields onto a form to create a
display of your data. You just set up the screen the way you want to see it, and
we do the rest. This gives you a tremendous amount of flexibility on the types of
data you can store in Database Oasis.
Database Oasis gives you a lot of options for customizing your displays. In addition
to the information you want to store, you can add boxes and graphics to your displays,
and set a background color or wallpaper. You can set the fonts and colors and pretty
much tweak the interface until it looks just the way you want it.
Get a brief overview of how it's done.
Supported Field Types
Database Oasis supports a variety of field types, including:
Text Fields
This is the most common type of field. It can contain characters, numbers, and symbols such as @ # {}.
Numeric Fields
These are similar to text fields, except that they are limited to only containing numbers.
Notes Fields
This is very similar to a text field, except that you can enter multiple lines of data.
Where you would use a text field to store someone’s name, you might use a notes field to
keep a record of every time you talk to the person.
Date Fields
This field type is used to store dates. A small calendar icon
appears next to the field, allowing you to manually type in the date
or select it from a pop up calendar.
Check Box
This field is displayed as a box: 
and allows you to indicate a
Yes or No answer to a question. A mark in the box means Yes. If the box is unmarked, it means No.
List Fields
This lets you pre-configure a list of data entry options. When entering data in the field, you select from
the list and the item is automatically filled into the field.
Picture Fields
This is a placeholder for a graphic file. For example, if you’re storing information about your employees,
you might put a picture of each person in his or her record.
Calculated Fields
This is an advanced type of field. It lets you perform a calculation in a field instead of just displaying
static data. For example, you might want to calculate sales tax on the value in a numeric field.
Auto Incrementing Fields
This is a numeric field that automatically increases by one for each new record.