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finding the id of a field using the field name only by using the recref and fieldref

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I want to find the field id using its name (only thing that I know about it). How do I do that using the recref and fieldref
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    Govinda Kumar 2,304 Moderator on at
    finding the id of a field using the field name only by using the recref and fieldref
    In an alternate approach, you can utilize the Field table to find the Field ID by setting a range on the Field Name... here's the example code.. 
        var
        Fieldlist: Record Field;
    begin
        Fieldlist.SetFilter(FieldName, 'YourFieldName');
        if (Fieldlist.FindSet()) then
            Message('Field No. is %1', Fieldlist."No.")
    end;
    Additionally, you can specify the table name before the Field Name filter..
    Regards!
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    YUN ZHU 95,307 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    finding the id of a field using the field name only by using the recref and fieldref
    Hi, hope the following can give you some hints.
    How to get the id, type, length and value of a field by its text name (field name)



     
    Thanks.
    ZHU

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