FieldStyle()

FieldStyle()

Category: Design

Syntax: FieldStyle ( fileName ; layoutName ; fieldName)

Parameters: fileName ”the name of the open file where the field is located; layoutName ”the name of the layout where the field is used; fieldName ”the name of the field for which to return results.

Description: Returns a space-delimited string indicating the field style and any associated value list. The field styles are

 Standard Scrolling Popuplist Popupmenu Checkbox RadioButton 

Examples:

 FieldStyle ( Get ( FileName ) ; "Invoice_Detail" ; "Notes" ) 

might return Scrolling for a notes field that has scrollbars turned on.

 FieldStyle ( Get ( FileName ) ; "Invoice_Detail" ; "Paid" ) 

might return RadioButton Yes_No for a field formatted as a radio button that uses a value list called Yes_No .

Comments:

Calls to FieldStyle() that rely on literal object names may be broken if file, layout, or field names are changed.