Counter

Counter Type
Numeric or Formatted Counter.

The counter field is filled before showing the index data dialog on the screen (radio button)
If this option is selected the value will be set on the client side before saving. The user will see the value when saving a document.

The counter fields is set by the Therefore™ Server when saving the document (radio button)
If this option is selected the value will be set on the server side after saving. The user will not set the value: the value <auto> will appear in the index data field.

Initial Number
Set the first number that to be used in the counter field. The default value is 1.

Next Number
The next document saved to Therefore™ will have the number specified in the Next Number field. The default value is 1.

Format (option available for Formatted Counters)
This option allows the format of the counter to be specified. By default, it is set to %04d which will display a counter of the format 0001.

If more documents than a four digit amount should be saved with unique IDs the counter can be increased: %05d displays a counter of the format 00001.