How to convert Extended Data Type name to Type ID?

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Hi,

Is it possible to get type ID from EDT name? The functionality is the same as the typeId(AccountName) but using as text instead, i.e. "AccountName".

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Paul

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jasman 1,413 on at

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extendedTypeNum(<EDTName>) ?

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Paul1 1,200 on at

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Thanks Jacob. Actually it just return the EDT ID same as Global::extendedTypeName2Id, not the numeric ID (type ID).

But I did a conversion using this logic and it works:

TypeId = (EDT ID << 16) + 11

You might wonder why I need to convert because the instrinsic function typeId() can't accept a literal string, i.e. enclosed in quotes or from a variable.

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Paul

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