Xbasic
FIELD Function
Syntax
Field_Name as C = FIELD(C tablename,N fieldno)
Arguments
- tablename
A non-null character string. Table_Name must be fully qualified if it is not the primary table for the associated form.
- fieldno
For a table, Field number is 1; for a set, Field_Number is the position of the table in the set diagram (starting at line 1).
Description
Returns the name of a numerically specified field in the given table.
Discussion
FIELD() returns the Field_Name of the field specified by its Field_Number in the table specified by the Table_Name parameter.
Example
The following script was placed under a button on the Customer Information form of the customer table in the AlphaSports database. When pressed, the message box displayed "Company".
ui_msg_box("Field 4", field("customer", 4))
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