Option 5.3.2. Select a System Option as the Text Object Data Source

Select the Data Source tab in the Text Object Properties dialog box.

Click System.

The options are as follows.


Option	Description
Form Name	File name
Date & Time	Inserts the date and time recorded on Broadcast server. Format options are:
	Selection		Example
		mm/dd	07/11
		mm/dd/yy	07/11/03
		dd/mm/yy	11/07/03
		dd/mm/yyyy	11/07/2003
		dd-Month	11-July
		dd-Month-yy	11-July-03
		dd-Month-yyyy	11-July-2003
		Month-yy	July-03
		Month-dd-yyyy	July-11-2003
		Month dd	July 11
		Month, yyyy	July, 2003
		dd-Month (Short Month Name)	11-Jul
		dd-Month-yy (Short Month Name)	11-Jul-03
		dd-Month-yyyy (Short Month Name)	11-Jul-2003
		Month-yy (Short Month Name)	Jul-03
		Month dd, yyyy (Short Month Name)	Jul 11, 2003
		Month dd (Short Month Name)	Jul 11
		Month, yyyy (Short Month Name)	Jul, 2003
		Day, Month dd, yyyy	Friday, July 11, 2003
		hh:mm AM/PM	11:13 AM
		hh:mm:ss AM/PM	11:13:37 AM
		HH:mm	11:14
		hh:mm:ss AM/PM	11:14:14 AM
		HH:mm:ss	11:14:55
		mm/dd/yyyy HH:mm	07/11/2003 11:15
		mm/dd/yyyy HH:mm AM/PM	07/11/2003 11:15:46 AM
		Day, Month dd, yyyy HH:mm:ss	Friday, July 11, 2003 11:16:14
		Day, Month dd, yyyy hh:mm:ss AM/PM	Friday, July 11, 2003 11:16:46 AM
	Format	Represents
	%a	Abbreviated weekday name
	%A	Full weekday name
	%b	Abbreviated month name
	%B	Full month name
	%c	Date and time representation appropriate for locale
	%d	Day of month as decimal number (01 - 31)
	%H	Hour in 24-hour format (00 - 23)
	%I	Hour in 12-hour format (01 - 12)
	%j	Day of year as decimal number (001 - 366)
	%m	Month as decimal number (01 - 12)
	%M	Minute as decimal number (00 - 59)
	%p	Current locale’s A.M./P.M. indicator for 12-hour clock
	%S	Second as decimal number (00 - 59)
	%U	Week of year as decimal number, with Sunday as first day of week (00 - 53)
	%w	Weekday as decimal number (0 - 6; Sunday is 0)
	%W	Week of year as decimal number, with Monday as first day of week (00 - 53)
	%x	Date representation for current locale
	%X	Time representation for current locale
	%y	Year without century, as decimal number (00 - 99)
	%Y	Year with century, as decimal number
	%z, %Z	Time-zone name or abbreviation; no characters if time zone is unknown
	%%	Percent sign
Form Sequence Number	Sequence number of the broadcast; the number is set during runtime. It is useful to insure, for example, that printouts are in the correct order.

Click Static.

Enter a brief description of your selection in the text box.

Click Apply.

(Optional) Revise the font, border and position specifications to accommodate the text requirements.

Note: This can be done during any stage of the form design.

Click OK.

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