An event list tool can include a prompt window or a pop-up
menu for users to enter or select information.
When you create or edit a tool, you can include a prompt in an
SQL statement, an external command, or a journal entry.
You can create the following types of prompts:
- String: This creates a prompt window that accepts one or more
characters.
- Integer: This creates a prompt window that accepts an integer
value.
- Float: This creates a prompt window that accepts a floating point
number, which can contain a decimal point.
- Time: This creates a prompt window that accepts a time.
- Fixed choice: This creates a pop-up menu that is populated with
options that you specify.
- Lookup: This creates a pop-up menu or drop-down list that is populated
by the values in a specified file.
- Password: This creates a prompt window that accepts one or more
characters as a password.
- Dynamic choice: This creates a pop-up menu or drop-down list that
is populated by the results of a database query.