Value Types

Value type

Explanation

Boolean

The logical values "True" or "False". If the condition is met, the result is true otherwise false.

String

Any string. This string can contain letters, digits and special characters. It must be placed in quotation marks ("") so that it can be differentiated from names of variables.

Date

Date values according to the Julian calendar.

Number

A string containing only the digits 0 - 9, the decimal point and the minus sign, other characters are not permitted. Number strings do not have to be enclosed in quotation marks.

Barcode

A string that is made up of the characters used for barcodes.

Picture

One of the supported picture formats.

RTF

Formatted text