HInfoMemo (Function)

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HInfoMemo (Function)

In french: HInfoMemo

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Returns the characteristics of binary and text memos.

Example

HReadFirst(Product, Name)
MemoInfo is string 
MemoInfo = HInfoMemo(Product, Name)
// Retrieve the name of source file of memo
FileName is string 
FileName = ExtractString(MemoInfo, 2, TAB)

Syntax

Finding out the characteristics of Memo item Hide the details

<Result> = HInfoMemo(<Data file> , <Memo item>)

<Result>: Character string

Information about the binary memo.
Empty string ("") if the memo is empty.
The information is separated by TAB characters. This information is as follows:
<Type>+TAB+<Name>+TAB+<Size>+TAB+<Date>+TAB+<Time>+TAB+<Info>
Type Type of memo. This parameter can take the following values: "TXT" for the text memos, "IMG", "WAV", "OLE", "BIN" or "BAD" ("BAD" indicates that the binary memo is not stored properly)
Name Name of source file as it was specified in HLinkMemo.
Size Size of source file in bytes. For a text memo, this size is expressed in number of characters.
Date Date of source file in "YYYYMMDD" format.
Time Time of source file in "HHMMSS" format
Info User information as it was specified in HLinkMemo

If the memo is a text memo, the name, the date, the time and the user information are not filled. The type is set to "TXT".
Example of the value returned for a text memo of size 25: "TXT "+TAB+TAB+25+TAB+TAB+TAB.

If the memo is a binary memo that was not assigned by HLinkMemo, the name, date, time and information are not specified. The type is set to "BIN".
Example of the value returned for a binary memo of size 1202: "BIN "+TAB+TAB+1202+TAB+TAB+TAB.
The information about the memo will not be saved. The only information returned by HInfoMemo corresponds to:
the size of memo,
an empty string ("") if there is no size.
For example: "TXT" (or "BIN")+TAB+TAB+25+TAB+TAB+TAB.

<Data file>: Character string

Name of data file (query of view) used.

<Memo item>: Character string

Name of memo item to use.

Remarks

Previous versions

This function replaces BinaryInfo, which is kept for compatibility with WINDEV 5.5.

Component: wd300hf.dll