Category: Data Handling

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Field Length

The length of the value in a field or variable. Valid Values Any number Remarks Length is not used, but still required, for int, longint, vastint, and date data types. For numeric fields that belong to an entity set or relationship maintained by an SQL database engine, Length specifies the precision (number of significant digits)…
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Field OwnerName

The name of the entity set, relationship, or structured document that owns the subject field; or, the name of the entity set or relationship that owns the subject role. Valid Values An 18-character string, containing a valid object name that refers to an already-existing object See Also ConstName, DDObjectName, DDOwnerName, DirName, DisplayName, DocName, EntName, FieldName,…
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Field EntType

A user-assigned classification for an entity set. Valid Values Up to 18 alphanumeric characters

Field ListWidth

The width used to display a field’s value in the output of a LIST or REPORT command. Valid Values Any number. The specified number is the width (in characters) that will be used to output the field’s value. If 0 is specified (DEFAULT), the width is determined at output time. If a negative number is…
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Field FieldHeading

The heading used to denote the output of a field in a LIST or REPORT command. Valid Values Any character string, up to 80 alphanumeric characters Remarks If FieldHeading is $Null, the field’s name is used as the heading. See Also FieldName

Field FieldName

The name assigned to a field or form field. Valid Values An 18-character string, containing a valid object name See Also ConstName, DDObjectName, DDOwnerName, DirName, DisplayName, DocName, EntName, FormName, MenuName, OwnerName, RelName, RoleName, SetName, UserName, VarName

Field Type

The data type of the object’s value. Valid Values Char, varchar, alpha, varalpha, numeric, int, longint, vastint, or date Remarks For more information about data types, consult the User’s Guide. See Also Length, Decimals

Field SN

A sequence number for the field. The field’s relative position in the entity set, relationship, or structured document to which it belongs. Valid Values A number in the range 0 to 32767

Field EQSel

(Refer to the description under BWSel.)

Field LGSel

(Refer to the description under BWSel.)

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