How to move field or add custom field

woolfie · Post by **woolfie** » 2008-09-22 13:49:41

Please, could you tell me, how to:
- move field (change position of it)
- delete field
- or make new field.

Thank You.

I am absolute beginner, sorry

woolfie

Post by **antp** » 2008-09-22 14:19:47

You cannot make new fields. You can eventually rename existing fields by modifying language file. With that, you can also move items in the window.
In the [TMovieFrame] section of these translation files you find the list of the fields used in main window, and if you search for "Fields.Strings." you will find the list used at other places.
You have Caption and Hint properties, some others like Visible, Left, Top, Width and Height can be used too. Other topics on the forum may contain additional info/samples as this question comes back from time to time

JCSullivan · Post by **JCSullivan** » 2010-01-22 17:53:50

I realise this is an ancient post but I can't seem to get it right.

I'm trying to change "Borrower" to "Location" do I change every instance of "Borrower" in the English language file???

Thanks

bad4u · Post by **bad4u** » 2010-01-22 18:33:26

JCSullivan wrote:I'm trying to change "Borrower" to "Location" do I change every instance of "Borrower" in the English language file???

Open english.lng with a text editor, and if you want to change the name of this field on main window only, you have to search for the section that begins with

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;**********
;* Frames *
;**********
[TMovieFrame]

(probably somewhere around line 1006). Now look for

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LBorrower.Caption=Borrower:

This is the field name/caption that you see on main window.

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EBorrower.Hint=|Borrower

This is the hint that you can see on status line when you move your mouse over the field. Simply change what is behind the equal (=).

Borrower field might not be best choice for changing the meaning of it, because data from this field is connected internally with the loans manager function from tools menu. This is one of the reasons why you will find some more fields that contain "Borrower" on the language file. Though it is possible to change the fieldname if you don't want to use loans system.