ASSOCIATION OF DEFAULT, EDIT, CALCULATION, AND LIST FUNCTIONS, AND COMBINATIONS THEREOF, WITH ATTRIBUTES AND ATTRIBUTE TYPES

摘要

In a data processing system in which data is entered into one or more fields of a form and validated, a method for performing default, edit, calculation, and list procedures, and combinations thereof, according to which default, edit, calculation, and list procedures are associated with input attributes via a table. The procedures may be executed in a predetermined, yet modifiable order. Entry of certain data types may result in changes to multiple fields in a form. Upon entry of such data, a cross-field edit is performed to check for consistency between such data and other data in the database associated with the form.