Indicates whether a temp-table field or ProDataSet name is written when the temp-table or ProDataSet is serialized, for example into JSON or XML.

Data type: LOGICAL

Access: Readable/Writeable

Applies to: Buffer-field object handle, ProDataSet object handle

This attribute's purpose overlaps with the XML-NODE-TYPE attribute. Because of this overlap, the attributes interact as follows:

  • The WRITE-XML( ) method always uses the XML-NODE-TYPE attribute value. If you set a value for the XML-NODE-TYPE attribute, it keeps that value regardless of how you set the SERIALIZE-HIDDEN attribute.
  • If you do not set the XML-NODE-TYPE attribute and set the SERIALIZE-HIDDEN attribute to TRUE, the AVM sets XML-NODE-TYPE to "HIDDEN".
  • If you do not set the XML-NODE-TYPE attribute and set the SERILIAZE-HIDDEN attribute to FALSE, the AVM sets XML-NODE-TYPE to "ELEMENT".
  • If you do not set either attribute, the AVM sets XML-NODE-TYPE to "ELEMENT" and sets SERIALIZE-HIDDEN to FALSE.

This attribute does not apply to database buffer fields.

For more information about using this attribute, see the documentation on working with JSON.

See also

WRITE-JSON( ) method, WRITE-XML( ) method, XML-NODE-TYPE attribute