We will first create the required new EDTs, which is done by taking the following steps:
- Create the ConVMSVehRegNum string EDT with the following properties:
| Property | Value |
| Name | ConVMSVehRegNum |
| Size | 10 |
| Label | Registration—add a comment that this is a vehicle registration number |
| Help Text | The vehicle registration number |
- We now need the date acquired EDT, so create a date EDT named ConVMSAcquiredDate with the following properties:
| Property | Value |
| Name | ConVMSAcquiredDate |
| Extends | TransDate |
| Label | Date acquired |
| Help Text | The date that the vehicle was acquired |
Although we created this EDT as a date, this is mainly for the way it appears. It is created in the database as a date time, and compiles to a ...
