Type

Description

The control type.

Discussion

The Type property defines the data type of the stored value for a control. Common data types include:

Type
Description
Character

Stored value is a string of characters.

Numeric

Stored value is a number.

Date

Stored value is a date. E.g. 1907/17/06

Time

Stored value is a date-time object. E.g. 2017/05/28 11:58 AM

Short-time

Stored value is time. E.g. 6:30 PM

Logical

Stored value is a boolean that can have one of two states: true or false.

Guid

Stored value is a GUID (short for "Globally Unique Identifier".)