Type Element

Description

The Type element contains an enum which species the type of variable. This will influence the behaviour and properties of the variable. Text = 0, Lov = 1, System = 2, FileObject = 3

Author-it provides four types of variables for you to use in your topics. The Text, List of Values, and File Object variables are created and defined by your Library's Security Administrator.

Text Ideal for storing text that appears regularly in your documents. Text variables may be a string of any characters up to 2,000 characters long.
List Of Values Similar to Text variables, except that you can choose from a list of preset character strings, each up to 255 characters long.
File Object Used for Author-it File objects. Commonly used for adding logos and graphics.
System Produces standard system information such as the time, the date, or the name of the user currently logged on.

Note: In Author-it Cloud, variables are created in the Author module by your Library's Security Administrator. They are used in content or assigned to objects in both the Author and Contribute modules.

Attributes

None

Parent Element

Variable

Values

Data Type	Range
Integer	0 - 3

Sample XML

<Type>0</Type>