Review each of the field options on the Field Control Menu and add to each field as appropriate.

 PppDICMENU                       Field Control Menu                        

 Enter number of function or place cursor on same line and press Enter

     1. Create new field definitions                                  
     2. Review or change field definitions                            
     3. Review or change field multilingual attributes                
     4. Review, change or create field validation checks              
     5. Review, change or create field HELP text                      
     6. Print field definitions                                       
     7. Create new system variable definitions                        
     8. Review or change system variable definitions                  
     9. Create new multilingual variables                             
    10. Review or change multilingual variables                       
    11. Create or re-create a field reference file                    
    12. Exit from LANSA                                               

 F1=Help     F3=Exit     F12=Cancel     F14=Messages    

Select the option required and press Enter. Choose the field you wish to work with using the Select Field to Work with screen.

A description of some of the Field Control Menu items is included in the following:

6.4.1 Field Validation Rules and Triggers

6.4.2 Help Text

6.4.3 Virtual Fields

6.4.4 Reference Fields

For further details, refer to Fields in the LANSA for i User Guide.

Depending on the changes you make to a field, you may need to re-generate the I/O module by "making the file operational". A list of changes which require the I/O module to be regenerated is given in What is an I/O Module? in this guide.