The UDF system within ABPro allows you to add any number of additional data entry fields to you booking screen. You can add textboxes, checkboxes or radio buttons to you screen. The values entered by the user will be displayed in the appointment detail screen.
Cancel: Abort changes and return to the previous screen.
Save: Save changes and return to the previous screen.
Help: Opens this help screen.
Screen Label: The label for the UDF on the booking screen.
Type: Textbox, Checkbox or Radio Button. Textarea.
Size: You can set the size that textboxes will be shown on the booking screen. The size of the textbox does not limit the amount of text that can be entered, just the on-screen size of the box. The max text allowed is 255 characters.
Rows: This will set the number of rows if the 'Type' is textarea. The size of the textbox does not limit the amount of text that can be entered. The max text allowed is 255 characters.
Columns: This will set the number of columns if the 'Type' is textarea. The size of the textbox does not limit the amount of text that can be entered. The max text allowed is 255 characters.
Radio Buttons: Enter a comma separated list of words or phrases that are to be used as the radio button labels. You can specify one radio button to be initially selected by adding a "(d)" (to indicate default selection).
Example: "Apples, (d)Oranges, Bananas", will open the booking screen with the Oranges radio button selected.
Required Field: You can set any Textbox, or Textarea, UDFs to be a required field. This setting is ignored for non-Textbox/Textarea UDFs.
Help Text: You can define help text that will appear below the UDF on the booking screen. This is intended to assist the user in filling in the box.
Tooltip Text: You can define tooltip text that will appear when the user puts the mouse over the UDF on the booking screen.
Resources: You can assign this UDF to one or more resources. If NOT assigned, it will be shown for ALL. Select one or more resources that this UDF applies to. If you wish this UDF to be available for ALL resources, do not select any.
Order: The order in which the UDFs are presented on the booking screen.
Published: Only Published UDFs will appear in the booking screen.