17.18.28 ST_FFTextType

This simple type specifies the possible types of the contents of a text box form field.

[Example: Consider the following WordprocessingML fragment for the properties of a text box form field:

<w:ffData>
  <w:textInput>
    <w:type w:val="number" />
    <w:maxLength w:val="4" />
    <w:format w:val="0.00" />
  </w:textInput>
</w:ffData>

The type element specifies that the contents of this form field should be handled as a number by an application. end example]

This simple type’s contents are a restriction of the W3C XML Schema string datatype.

This simple type is restricted to the values

listed in the following table:

Enumeration Value

Description

(Field Calculation)

Specifies that the contents of this text box form field shall be the result of the field calculation specified by the corresponding default element (17.16.10).

This field should not be directly editable when the editing of form fields is enabled.

Specifies that the contents of this text box form field shall be the current date when the field is updated.

Specifies that the contents of this text box form field shall be the current time when the field is updated.

Specifies that the contents of this text box form field shall be treated as a date.

Specifies that the contents of this text box form field shall be treated as a number value.

(Text Box)

Specifies that this text form field is a plain text field (no additional content restrictions).

[Note: The W3C XML Schema definition of this simple type’s content model (ST_FFTextType) is located in A.1. end note]