In the Numeric page, set up the initial properties assigned to any new fields when you set the field's Data Type property to one of the following types:

You can set default properties for a single message definition in the New Message Definition wizard when you create a new message definition, and you can also set workspace-wide defaults for any new Message Designer projects by selecting Windows|Preferences|Sybase, Inc.|Message Designer|Message Defaults.

At design-time, when you create a message definition, the field inherits the default properties you selected.