Display Width

The display width refers to the width of the field (or column) on screen in the Table window. If the display width of a numeric field is set to less than the width of the field values, the field values display as pound signs (####). For character fields and date fields, field values are truncated on screen. In all cases, the actual data in the field remains unaffected; the display width setting affects only the way that the data appears on screen.