Counter Value Exceeds Fixed Field Size

A counter field with a fixed length has become too long to fit in the field.  This dialog provides 3 ways to deal with this situation.

You can do one of the following:

1.  Reset the counter to 1

2.  Increase the fixed field length by 1

3.  Ignore the overflow

Each of these options have some implications.  Option 1 may result in records containing the same counter value.  Option 2 make cause the data to display incorrectly, especially in bar code fields where the reader is expecting a fixed digit counter.  Option 3 will result in this dialog appearing each time a new badge is entered.  It also has the same implications as Option 2.

For more information on changing the field characteristics, click on Changing the Numeric Field Format.