Embed Comprehensive Field into Document
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What are the comprehensive fields and why you may need it?
Comprehensive fields are the featured fields that will store all the information of your fields like field name, field type, options, formats etc.
Hence comprehensive fields stores all the information of the fields. It will help you to share your document template with all field configurations. So, when you copy the template all fields are loaded automatically with full configuration by reading this comprehensive field information.
How can you insert comprehensive fields inside document?
You can insert comprehensive fields in two ways
1. Just switch on the "Insert Comprehensive Field" toggle and start inserting fields
2. Comprehensive field follows syntax below
 "${field_name|field_type|option1: value1; option2: value2; ........}"Â
field_name : name of the field
field_type :Â one of text, paragraph, checkbox, choice, dropdown, number, date, time
options : field parameters
You can also write the comprehensive field information in the document directly by following the same syntax.
Standard field Parameters
required: true/false
description: field description
Full list of field parameters of each field type
1. Textbox
type : text
description : field description
width : field width(in px)
required : true/false
Field Output:
Form Output:
Example :Â
      ${Student Name|text|width:250;required:true;description:Name of the Student }
2. Number :
type : number
description : field description
width : field width(in px)
required : true/false
numberFormatIndex : index of number formatÂ
     Number format indexesÂ
1Â - 0 (default)
2 -Â 0.00
3 - 0.0000
4 - 0,000.00
5 - 0.000.00
Field Output:
Form Output:
Example :Â
${Student Number|number|width:250;required:true;numberFormatIndex:0; description: Student Number}
3. Drop down :
type : drop down
description : field description
width : field width(in px)
required : true/false
options : drop down options(comma separated)
Field Output:
Form Output:
Example:
${Student Grade|dropdown|options:A,A+,B,B+; width: 200; required:true;description: Student Grade}
4. Paragraph:
type : paragraph
description : field description
width : field width(in px)
height : field height(in px)
required : true/false
Field Output:
Form Output:
Example:
${ Student Address|paragraph|width:400;height:200;required:true; description:Student Address }
5. Date
type : date
description : field description
width : field width(in px)
required : true/false
format: date formats
timezone: your timezone
Field Output:
Form Output:
Example:
${Student Joining Date|date|format:MM/DD/YYYY;timezone:Asia/Calcutta;width:500; required:false;description:Student Joining Date}
6. Time
type : time
description : field description
width : field width(in px)
required : true/false
format: time formates
timezone: your timezone
Field Output:
Form Output:
Example:
${School Time|time|format:hh:mm a;timezone:Asia/Calcutta;width:500;required:false;description:School Time }
7. Check box :
type : checkbox
description : field description
width : field width(in px)
required : true/false
orientation:row/column
options : checkbox options(comma separated)
Field Output:
Form Output:
Example:
${Student Subjects|checkbox|options:Maths,Science,Biology;width: 200;required:true;orientation:row;description: Student Subjects}
8. Choice
type : choice
description : field description
width : field width(in px)
required : true/false
orientation:row/column
options : choice options(comma separated)
Field Output:
Form Output:
Example:
${Student Gender|choice|options:Male,Female,Other;width: 200;orientation:column;required:true;description:Student Gender }
9. Link
type : link
description : field description
width : field width(in px)
required : true/false
format: link format
Field Output
Form Output
10. Image
type : Image
description : field description
width : field width(in px)
required : true/false
format: Image format
Field Output
Form Output
11. Signature
type : signature
description : field description
width : field width(in px)
required : true/false
format: signature format
Field Output
Form Output