HInfoItem (Function)

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HInfoItem (Function)

In french: HInfoRubrique

Warning
This function is kept for backward compatibility.

WINDEV allows you to easily find out the item characteristics via the properties that can be used on the file items.

Below is the documentation of HInfoItem, available with WEBDEV 5.5.

Purpose

Retrieving information about an analysis item.

Syntax

Syntax 1: Information about a HF item from its name

<ItemDesc> = HInfoItem(<LogicalNameHFFile>, <ItemName>)
- <ItemDescription> is a string that contains the description of the item.
- <LogicalFileName> is a string that contains the logical name of the file. This file must belong to the current analysis.
- <ItemName> is a string containing the logical name of a file item.
Syntax 2: Information about a Hyper File item from its subscript in the list of items

<ItemDesc> = HInfoItem(<LogicalFileName>, <ItemSubscript>)
- <ItemDescription> is a string that contains the description of the item.
- <LogicalFileName> is a string that contains the logical name of the file. This file must belong to the current analysis.
- <Item Index > (subscript starts at 1) is an integer equal to the subscript of the Item in the list of Item s in the order given by HListItem

Details

The result of HInfoItem and the result returned by HListItem have the same format

<ItemName> is the name of the item

<Type> corresponds to the type of the item, it can take for value: "T" for text or "N" for numeric.

<HFType> is the type of the Hyper File item, it can take for value:

2: for a text item
3: for an integer item
4: for a short integer item
5: for a long integer item
6: for a simple real item
7: for a double real item
8: for a record number item
9: for an unsigned integer item
10: for a date on 6 item
11: for a time item
12: for a byte item
13: for a real turbo item
14: for a date on 8 item
15: for a text memo item
16: for a long text memo item
17: for a currency item
18: for a binary memo item
19: for an image memo, sound memo, OLE memo or other binary memo item

<Size> specifies the size of the item

<NbTab> specifies the number of elements in the array

<Cap> is the caption of the key item.

Notes

This function only applies to the Hyper File files
This function is available in the external interface WDHF5.C