Static Color Lookup Editor

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þ Enterprise þProfessional þ Personal þ Small Business

The Static Color Lookup Field is an Integer Field with the ability to display a color box with text in a static list. When a user starts to type DocuXplorer will populate the field based on the text entered in the static list or a user can choose from the drop-down list.

Tip:

A Static Color Lookup Field is not searchable in a Full Text Search. To create a search on a Static Color Lookup List use the Search by Field option to create your query. You can place the same color into the Static Color Lookup list multiple times but, if you are also adding descriptive information, only the first description will be available. Only the first appearance of the color will appear in the drop down list when using the Search by Field feature.

This type of field is valuable in creating color coded document status fields in workflows. A color coded status field will allow a user to easily see where a document is in the workflow. A color code field can have many other uses all aimed at allowing the user to identify documents by a color.

Creating a Color Coded Static Data Lookup List requires that the color be entered in hex format then an equal sign (=) and the text that will be displayed. No space should be left either before or after the equal sign (=).

 It should look like the following example - { ColorValue}={Description of lookup list item}

clRed=High priority

clYellow=Needs Attention

clGreen=Completed

The resulting display will look as follows.

Tip:

When assigning a value for an index set field through the Import Engine only a Decimal value can be used to represent lookup list items

The following are sample values that can be used in a Lookup List to represent color selections.