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GetFieldDataTypeFromObject ( ObjectName )

Get field data type from object name

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Federico Severin - Show more from this author Sevesoftware Engineering http://www.sevesoftware.it

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MiddleWords ( FieldType ( Get ( FileName ) ; GetLayoutObjectAttribute ( ObjectName ; "source" ) ) ; 2 ; 1 ) Click to copy

If the parameter, ObjectName, is an object name assigned to a field in your layout, then this function will give you a one word description of the field's data type: text, number, date, time, timestamp, or container.
If the object is not a field, the output will be NULL (empty string).

 

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