Text Field

Use this dialog to specify a structure of a text field of a text definition.

Before item expression

A regular expression that specifies the character(s) before the field data. If the previous field contains an after expression, then this field does not have to contain a before expression.

After item expression

A regular expression that specifies the character(s) after the field data. If the following field contains a before expression, then this field does not have to contain an after expression.

Sample

A sample line that shows the field structure you have specified above.

Field type

Each field has a type. Possible values are:

Value	Description
Text	The item contains the text to be localized.
Ignore	The item is ignored.
Context	The item contains the context value that is used to identify this record.
Comment	The item contains a comment value for the first text column before or after the comment.

Data type

The data type. Possible values are:

Format	Description
Plain text	String contains plain text.
Segmented text	String contains the segmented text.
Boolean	String contains a boolean value. 1/0, true/false, and yes/no are valid values.
Integer number	String contains an integer number.
Floating point number	String contains a floating-point number. It can be in scientific format (e.g., 1.45E-12). The decimal separator (if any) must be a period (e.g., 1.5).
Color	String contains a color value. Possible formats are [#\|$\|0x][AA]RRGGBB or [#\|$\|0x][A]RGB.
Date and time	String contains a date and time value. ISO 8601 (Wikipedia) must be used.
Expression	String contains a structured string that is defined using an expression. Regular expressions are used to parse the string.
Defined text	String contains the defined text. A text definition (using regular expressions) is used to parse the string.
Script	String contains script data. A script/source code parser is used to parse the string.
XML	String contains XML data. An XML parser is used to parse the string.
JSON	String contains JSON data. A JSON parser is used to parse the string.
YAML	String contains YAML data. A YAML parser is used to parse the string.
INI	String contains INI data. An INI parser is used to parse the string.
HTML	String contains HTML data. An HTML parser is used to parse the string.
SVG	String contains SVG data. An SVG parser is used to parse the string.
Base64 encoded binary data	String contains base64 encoded data. Encoded data is decoded into original binary data and scanned.
Base32 encoded binary data	String contains base32 encoded data. Encoded data is decoded into original binary data and scanned.
Base16/hex encoded binary data	String contains base16/hex encoded data. Encoded data is decoded into original binary data and scanned.
URL encoded binary data	String contains URL encoded data. Encoded data is decoded into original binary data and scanned.

Check Escape special characters if strings use C/C++-type escape characters.

Name

Optional name of the field. Enter name if you want to give a fixed content for a field. If there is no name, then the context value will be the index of the field. If you add or remove fields, in such case, the existing context values will change. Entering the name keeps the context value the same as long as you do not change the field name or the context field's value.