Type | Description |
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Text | Any single row of text |
MultiLine Text | Any multi-line text |
Text Selection | A list of text selections from which one or many can be chosen (see special note below) |
File Upload | A path to a document to be uploaded and re-generated |
Yes/No | Yes or No options |
Whole Number | A whole number, including positive and negative numbers but no decimals |
Decimal Number | Any number, including positive and negative whole numbers and decimal numbers |
Date | Any date |
Time | Any time |
Entity | A collection of data values from multiple variable types |
Computable | Derived from an expression. Could be a calculation containing number variables, a concatenation of text variables or a business rule based on multiple text selections with "AND" and "OR" operators |
Radio Buttons | the user is presented with a pair of radio buttons representing Yes and No | ![]() |
Check Box | the user is presented with a single checkbox representing Yes (checked) and No (un-checked) | ![]() |
Calendar | the user is presented with an edit box and a button which invokes a popup calendar | ![]() |
By Format | the user is presented with a mixture of edit boxes and drop-down selections that are determined by the year/month/day ingredients in the variable's default format | ![]() |
Clock | the user is presented with an edit box and a button which invokes a popup clock | ![]() |
By Format | the user is presented with a mixture of edit boxes and drop-down selections that are determined by the hour/minute/second/ampm ingredients in the variable's default format | ![]() |
Edit Box | the user is presented with an edit box in which the whole number value can be entered | ![]() |
Calculated From Repeat | the question does not actually appear on the questionnaire, but is calculated as the number of repetitions created for one or more repeated variables | N/A |
Single Select Dropdown | the user is presented with a drop-down list from which one and only one option can be chosen | ![]() |
Single Select Radio Buttons | the user is presented with a group of radio buttons of which one and only one radio button can be pressed | ![]() |
Multi-Select List | the user is presented with a select box containing options from which none, one, many or all can be chosen | ![]() |
Multi-Select Ordered List | the user is presented with a select box containing options from which none, one, many or all can be chosen; selected options are moved to the right where up and down arrows can be used to change the order in which they should appear | ![]() |
Multi-Select Checkboxes | t he user is presented with a group of checkboxes of which none, one, many or all can be checked | ![]() |
Searchable List | the user is presented with an edit box - as they type characters a select box appears which contains options that match what they have typed - one and only one option can be chosen. Searchable lists must always be dynamically built. | ![]() |
Rich Edit | the user is presented with an edit box with various formatting options. This is for populating HTML fields. Note that an "Include HTML" statement is required to display the formatted text correctly in the generated document. | ![]() |
telephone | the user must enter a valid telephone number
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emailaddress | the user must enter a valid email address
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webaddress | the user must enter a valid web address
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searchaddress | Enables the UK postcode search feature within the questionnaire. A Postcode Search button will be displayed next to the text field in the questionnaire . Note this feature will only work when using either of the following options:
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searchcompany | Enables the companies house search feature. A button “Search Companies House” will be displayed next to the text field in the questionnaire. Note this feature will only work when using one of the following options:
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password | the edit box contains bullet characters for every character typed by the user. Note the password is only masked in the questionnaire; in the Document History it is recorded in plain text. |