COM Field Interface

The Lion Field object is returned by one the functions of the Lion COM connection: GetFieldbyIndex, GetfieldbyName, GetRepeatingField or GetDisplayField.

Properties

Name	Return type	Access	Description
CopyFrom	Boolean	Read	Determines if the field is part of a copyfrom.
DecimalPlaces	Integer	Read	Number of decimals (if field type is Numeric) or "0" (otherwise).
FieldLength	Integer	Read	Length of field.
FieldType	String	Read	Type of field can be: N, +, -, C or A. (Numeric or Alphanumeric).
Name	String	Read	Name of field. If the field is part of a copyfrom, the field name is concatenated with the copyfrom number. For example: “MyField04”. Underscore characters (_) in the name will be translated to a hyphens (-).
NameOrig	String	Read	Returns the original and untranslated (underscore to hyphen) name of the field.
ReadOnly	Boolean	Read	Determines if it’s allowed to change the value of the field.
Value	String	Read/Write	Value of field, presented as a String.
X	Integer	Read	X-position of the screen.
Y	Integer	Read	Y-position of the screen.

Example

PowerShell

# Create object of a form field and set a value

$Customer_TelNr = $AMTApp.GetFieldbyName('TEL-NO')

if ($Customer_TelNr.ReadOnly -ne $true) {

$Customer_TelNr.Value = '+1 867 5309'

}

# Transmit to send the values

$AMTApp.Transmit()