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Get table field base type

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Posted on by CU02071804-0
 
       public boolean getBaseType()
        {
            boolean ret;
            DictField               dictField;
            FieldName                 tableFieldName = this.field1;
            TableName               tableNameFromRef = this.field2;
            DictTable               dictTable = new SysDictTable(tableName2Id(tableNameFromRef));
            while (tableFieldName)
            {
                dictField = dictTable.fieldObject(tableFieldName);
                myTable.FieldType = dictField.baseType();
            }
            return ret;
        }
 
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  • Suggested answer
    Layan Jwei Profile Picture
    Layan Jwei 8,282 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at
    Hi User,

    I think your code in the while loop is erroring right? you don't need a while loop.

    Maybe try something like this and please update us if it works
      
    public boolean modified()
    {
        boolean ret;

        ret = super();

        if(ret)
        {
            TableId      tableId1  = tableName2Id(Grid_Tables.valueStr());
            FieldName    fieldName = Grid_FieldName.valueStr();
            FieldId      fieldId   = fieldName2Id(tableId1, tableFieldName);

            DictField  dictField = new DictField(tableId1, fieldId);

            TableX_ds.object(fieldNum(TableX, FieldType)).setValue(strFmt("%1",dictField.baseType()));
        }

        return ret;
    }

    Thanks,
    Layan Jweihan
    Please mark the answer as "Verified" if it solved your question. In order to help others as well
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    Martin Dráb Profile Picture
    Martin Dráb 240,275 Most Valuable Professional on at
    Note that the better place for your logic is modifiedField() method on the table, not modified() method of an individual form control. It's better for reusability and discoverablity.
     
    There you code may look like this:
    public void modifiedField(FieldId _fieldId)
{
    switch (_fieldId)
    {
        case fieldNum(MyTable, MyFieldId):
            if (this.TableName && this.FieldName)
            {
                this.FieldType = SysDictField::newName(this.TableName, this.FieldName).baseType();
            }
            else
            {
                this.FieldType = Types::void;
            }
            break;
    }
}

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