Field Methods
Description
Alpha Anywhere provides the following Field methods.
Methods
- FIELD.BLANK_PUT Method
Blanks the field contents.
- FIELD.DEC_GET Method
Gets the fields' number of decimal places.
- FIELD.EXPR_GET Method
Return the expression if field is a calculated field.
- FIELD.EXPR_SET Method
Change the expression if field is a calculated field.
- FIELD.FULLNAME_GET Method
Gets the full field name (Table and Field).
- FIELD.HANDLE Method
Returns an old style handle.
- FIELD.HAS_RULES Method
Returns TRUE if field has loaded rules.
- FIELD.INITIAL_VALUE_GET Method
Gets the initial field contents (before data entry).
- FIELD.IS_BLANK Method
Returns TRUE if the field is blank.
- FIELD.IS_VALID Method
Is the current field valid.
- FIELD.LINK_TABLE_GET Method
Returns table of link if field is a linking key, blank if field is not a linking key.
- FIELD.LINK_TYPE_GET Method
Returns type of link if field is a linking key, blank if field is not a linking key.
- FIELD.MEMO_READ_FROM_FILE Method
Read the contents of a file into a memo.
- FIELD.MEMO_WRITE_TO_FILE Method
Write the contents of a memo field to a file.
- FIELD.NAME_GET Method
The <FIELD>.NAME_GET() method returns the Field_Name of a field referenced by the <FIELD> object pointer.
- FIELD.RULES_GET Method
The .RULES_GET() method returns the field rules for the field.
- FIELD.TAG_GET Method
If the field is indexed, return the tagname, else return an empty string.
- FIELD.TYPE_GET Method
The .TYPE_GET() method returns the Field_Type of a field referenced by the object pointer. The result is a character code representing one of the following field types:
- FIELD.VALUE_GET Method
Gets the field contents. Clipboard format is optional format of data.
- FIELD.VALUE_PUT Method
Sets the field contents. Clipboard format is optional format of data.
- FIELD.WIDTH_GET Method
The .WIDTH_GET() method returns the Field_Width of a field referenced by the object pointer.
- Field_Rules.Change_Begin Method
The .Change_Begin() method indicates that you are about to change the value of a field rule. Use <TBL>.RULES_GET() to create the pointer.
- Field_Rules.Change_End Method
The .Change_End() method indicates that you are finished changing the value of one or more field rules and want to save the changes. Use <TBL>.RULES_GET() to create the pointer.
- Field_Rules.Mode_Get Method
Determines the current data entry mode of the pointer.