COM Field Interface

The Lion Field object is returned by one of the following Lion COM connection functions: GetFieldByIndex, GetFieldByName, GetRepeatingField, GetOccurrenceField, or GetDisplayField.

The following functionality is provided:

Properties

Name	Type	Access	Description
CopyFrom	Boolean	Read-only	Determines whether the field is part of a copy-from section.
DecimalPlaces	Integer	Read-only	Number of decimals (if field type is Numeric) or "0" (otherwise).
Enabled	Boolean	Read-only	Indicates whether the field is enabled and can be interacted with.
FieldLength	Integer	Read-only	Length of the field.
FieldType	String	Read-only	Type of field. Possible values are N, +, -, C, or A (numeric or alphanumeric).
Name	String	Read-only	Name of the field. If the field is part of a copy-from section, the field name is concatenated with the copy-from number. For example: "MyField04". Underscore characters (_) in the name will be translated to hyphens (-).
NameOrig	String	Read-only	Returns the original and untranslated (underscore to hyphen) name of the field.
ReadOnly	Boolean	Read-only	Indicates whether the field is read-only and cannot be modified.
Value	String	Read/Write	Value of the field, returned as a string.
X	Integer	Read-only	X-position of the screen.
Y	Integer	Read-only	Y-position of the screen.

Example

PowerShell

# Create an object for 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()

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COM Field Interface

Properties

Example

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