Syntax Description (Type of variable)

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Syntax Description (Type of variable)

In french: Description de Syntaxe

Syntax Description variables are used to programmatically describe the syntax of a report, window or page. The characteristics of this type of variable can be defined and changed using different WLanguage properties.

Remark: The syntax description can be found in the definition of the report, window or page. You can get this definition using GetTypeDefinition.

Remark: For more details on the declaration of this type of variable and the use of WLanguage properties, see Declaring a variable.

Example

Description_report is Definition = GetTypeDefinition(RPT_CustomerOrders)
Syntax_description is Syntax Description = Description_report.DeclarationSyntax

Properties

Properties specific to Syntax Description variables

The following properties can be used to handle Syntax Description variables:

Property name	Type used	Effect

VariableNumberOfParameters	Boolean	True if the syntax has a variable number of parameters, False otherwise. This property is read-only.
Parameter	Array of Parameter Description	Details of each parameter of the syntax.