Explain the difference between Translate & Prompt tables.
What are the occasions when to use Translate values instead
of Prompt table? What is the advantage of one over the other?
Answer Posted / mukundhan
Translate Tables :
Translate values have to be added through the App Designer
Translate tables have a max lenght of 4 char for each
element.
There can be only 30 entries in a translate table.
These values are stored on a people tools table called
XLATTABLE.
Prompt Table :
Prompt table values may be modified when users add data to
the system.
Prompt table elements have no such limitation.
Prompt table can have any number of entries.
Is used to provide users with validate values from other
tables. Prompt table with edit prompt table with no edit.
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