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Posted on by botten 320

How can I check what TreeNode object I have found?

Related topic: community.dynamics.com/.../get-the-query-from-view

static void GetViewFromQuery(Args _args)
{
#AOT
#define.QueryName(MainQuery)
#define.viewName('mainView')

TreeNode treeNode;
str tmp;
;
tmp = strFmt(#QueryPath + #AOTDelimiter + #ApplicationDataSourcesPath, identifierStr(#QueryName));
treeNode = TreeNode::findNode(tmp);
if (treeNode)
{
treeNode = treeNode.AOTfirstChild(); // Get the first data source -> view (as table)
if (treeNode)
{
tmp = treeNode.treeNodeName();

if (tmp == #viewName)
{
  info(strFmt("View %1 found", tmp));
}
}
}
}

The code above can be used to find the data source offset within a query. And yes it is possible to compare the name of the datasource to a name I already know....but I find that a erroneous way.

My question is how can I check if the found treenode is of type 'view'?

  • botten Profile Picture
    botten 320 on at
    RE: get view from query

    Thanks Mister Dráb. The isView() did it.

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    Martin Dráb Profile Picture
    Martin Dráb 234,027 Most Valuable Professional on at
    RE: get view from query

    First of all, let me add line indention to your code and use Insert > Code. Please do it by yourself next time. I also improved your code a little bit.

    static void GetViewFromQuery(Args _args)
{
	#AOT
	#define.QueryName(MainQuery)
	#define.viewName('mainView')

	str queryNodePath = strFmt(#QueryPath   #AOTDelimiter   #ApplicationDataSourcesPath, identifierStr(#QueryName));
	TreeNode treeNode = TreeNode::findNode(queryNodePath);
	str nodeName;
	
	if (treeNode)
	{
		treeNode = treeNode.AOTfirstChild(); // Get the first data source -> view (as table)
		if (treeNode)
		{
			nodeName = treeNode.treeNodeName();

			if (nodeName == #viewName)
			{
				info(strFmt("View %1 found", nodeName));
			}
		}
	}
}

    To get what you need, get the table from the Table property of the node. Then you use SysDictTable to find whether this table is actually a view:

    SysDictTable::newName(tableName).isView();

    By the way, I wouldn't use TreeNode at all. Consider this approach instead:

    Query query = new Query(queryStr(mainView));
QueryBuildDataSource firstDs = query.dataSource(1);
SysDictTable::newTableId(firstDs.table()).isView();

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