XFA Specification
Chapter 2, Template Features for Designing Static Forms
Content Types
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Boolean, Integer, Decimal, and Float
The
boolean
decimal
float
integer
with the corresponding canonical number forms, as specified in
“Canonical Format Reference” on
page 797.
In most cases, people filling out a form will supply numeric data in a form specific for the locale and using
local-specific symbols. As described in
“Localization and Canonicalization” on page 140,
such localized
numeric data is converted to a canonical format before being represented as data in the form. Similarly,
canonical data is converted into a localized form before being present to the user.
Numeric
content type
boolean
Description
The content of a boolean element must be one of the following:
Digit
0 (U+0030)
1 (U+0031)
Meaning
Logical value of false
Logical value of true
integer
An optional leading sign (either a plus or minus, Unicode character U+002B or U+002D
respectively), followed by a sequence of decimal digits (Unicode characters U+0030 -
U+0039). There is no support for the expression of an exponent. Examples of canonical
integer content are shown below:
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