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A Form Object is a basic building block of the QueWeb system. Each Form contains a number of these objects. Through Form Objects users interact with the system by entering search criteria and reading data displayed in them as well as activating some objects to perform an action. Types of Objects could be Data Fields, Buttons and Custom Objects. The following types of GUI Objects are available in QueWeb:
Object Name | Image | Purpose | Data Type
Label or Caption |  | Designates the name of the field usually positioned next to it. | None
Text Field |  | Stores and displays text information in a single line of a finite length. Length of the text it can store is limited by the length of the associated database column. During searches – length of the query text is limited to 256 characters. | String of any characters
Combo Box |  | Allows user to select from the list of predefined values. Only one value is selectable. | Array of text values
Check Box |  | Allows three settings: Checked, Unchecked and Not Specified. | Binary
Date Field |  | A Combination of a searchable text field and a Push Button, which opens a Calendar widget. See Date Fields. | Date (Date Time)
Multi-Line Text Field |  | Text field which allows the text to continue on several lines. Scroll bar appears when text is longer than the visible lines on screen. Same text length limitations apply as for single-line text fields. | Variable characters of limited length
Long Text Field | or | Searchable field, used to store a large amount of text. | CLOB or BLOB or TEXT
Reference Field |  | A look-up field, used to link records. Its label could be a hyperlink to another Form. | Stores reference to another record
Push Button |  | Performs an action, designated by its label. | N/A