Custom Field Kinds

Custom Field Kinds

The following is a list of the valid Kinds of custom fields.
Kind
Notes
TextLine

TextArea

HtmlArea

Number
Represents any kind of number.
Integer
Represents only whole numbers
Money

Date

Time

TimeSpan
Represents durations.
DateTime

EmailAddress

PhoneNumber

FaxNumber

WebAddress

CheckBox

CheckBoxList

PickList
Represents a single-item combo-box.
Label
Represents a custom label
__M_TableName
These represent a link to another table.  For example, __M_Users would represent a user picklist.


Deprecated Kinds
These values are no longer supported.
SocalSecurityNumber

Recipient_Line1

Recipient_Line2

Address_Line1

Address_Line2

City

State

ZipCode


When injecting into a new system, if the new system does not support a specific Kind, in most situations, Universal Migrator will automatically adapt the field to a similar Kind.  For example, if Money is not supported, Number may be automatically substituted.