UPSHIFT attribute
The UPSHIFT
attribute forces character input to uppercase letters.
Syntax
UPSHIFT
Usage
When defining the UPSHIFT
attribute for a character field, the characters typed
by the user are automatically converted to uppercase.
Note: In text mode, the results of conversions between uppercase and lowercase letters are based on
the locale settings.
Because using uppercase and lowercase letters results in different values in the database, storing character strings in one or the other format can simplify sorting and querying.
Important: Values send from the runtime system are displayed as is by the front-ends: No
conversion will occur if you display
"AbCdE"
to a field using
UPSHIFT
or DOWNSHIFT
attributes. Example
EDIT f001 = FORMONLY.name, UPSHIFT;