| DataDictionaryField Properties |
[This is preliminary documentation and is subject to change.]
The DataDictionaryField type exposes the following members.
Properties| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | Caption |
The text displayed in the input form.
|
| ComputedColumnSQL |
Get/Set ComputedColumnSQL
|
| DataColumnType |
SystemType of DataColumn
|
| DataType |
Type of data stored in database.
|
| Description |
Internal description of field
|
| Dimension |
True => field is used as base for a dimension in a cube (DataWarehouse).
|
| EnumCollection |
Enum values for this field.
|
| FieldName |
Field name defined by DataName in form template. Used as field name in database.
|
| FieldSize |
Width of text fields. Nonzero => generate VARCHAR(nnn), 0 => TEXT (arbitrary length).
|
| HasEnums |
Has this field enumeration values?
|
| HistoryCaption |
The text displayed in the history view
|
| HistoryOnly |
Get HistoryOnly - false: normal field, true: only in history table
|
| IsComputed |
Is field computed.
|
| IsDateStart |
Field is used as DateStart
|
| IsDateStop |
Field is used as DateStop
|
| IsIdentity |
Field is IDENTITY in database (autoincrement).
|
| IsIndex |
Generate index on this field.
|
| IsInternal |
Field is auto generated internal field
|
| IsPersisted |
Get/Set IsPersisted
|
| IsStatus |
Field is auto-generated and used for misc. status information.
|
| Link |
Link (e.g. URL) to external description of field
|
| LookupViewName |
Return the name of the lookup view for this enum field (if the field is not enum an empty string is returned")
|
| MapToExternalField |
Get/Set MapToExternalField: Reference to fiel in external system
|
| Measure |
True => field is used as base for a measure in a cube (DataWarehouse).
|
| NonBlankCaption |
Get a non-blank caption : first nonblank value in this sequeunce: Caption, HistoryCaption, FieldName
|
| NonBlankHistoryCaption |
Get a non-blank historycaption : first nonblank value in this sequeunce: HistoryCaption, Caption, FieldName
|
| ReferencesField |
Get/set ReferencesField : Reference to field in table specifed by ReferencesTable
|
| ReferencesTable |
Get/set ReferencesTable: Reference to table in current database
|
| SetValueOnCopy |
Get/Set SetValueOnCopy: An expression used to compute value in newly created record in copy operation.
|
| ViewName |
Field name in auto-generated views etc.
|
See Also