A handle to a buffer-field object. Buffer-field objects let you examine and modify the fields of a record. They also let you examine the schema properties of the field.

Syntax

buffer-field-handle [ :attribute ]
buffer-field-handle
A handle to a buffer-field object.
attribute
An attribute of the buffer-field object.

Attributes

ADM-DATA attribute AVAILABLE attribute BUFFER-HANDLE attribute
BUFFER-NAME attribute BUFFER-VALUE attribute CAN-READ attribute
CAN-WRITE attribute CASE-SENSITIVE attribute COLUMN-LABEL attribute
DATA-TYPE attribute DBNAME attribute DECIMALS attribute
DEFAULT-STRING attribute DEFAULT-VALUE attribute EXTENT attribute
FORMAT attribute HANDLE attribute HELP attribute
INITIAL attribute INSTANTIATING-PROCEDURE attribute KEY attribute
LABEL attribute LITERAL-QUESTION attribute MANDATORY attribute
NAME attribute POSITION attribute PRIVATE-DATA attribute
READ-ONLY attribute SERIALIZE-HIDDEN attribute SERIALIZE-NAME attribute
STRING-VALUE attribute TABLE attribute TYPE attribute
UNIQUE-ID attribute VALIDATE-EXPRESSION attribute VALIDATE-MESSAGE attribute
VIEW-AS attribute WIDTH-CHARS attribute XML-DATA-TYPE attribute
XML-NODE-NAME attribute XML-NODE-TYPE attribute –

Methods

BUFFER-VALUE( ) method STRING-VALUE( ) method —

For more information on the buffer-field object, see Develop ABL Applications.

See also

Buffer object handle, Query object handle