PA_GetStringField

version 2003

PA_GetStringField (tNum; fNum; string)

Parameter	Type		Description
tNum	short		Table number of the field to access
fNum	short		Field number of the field to access
string	char*		Value of the field

The routine PA_GetStringField returns in string the value of the field fNum of the current record of table tNum. Make sure that you have enough room to receive the string (usually, 4D developers use 256 chars buffers).

If the field is not a string field, the routine leaves string unchanged and returns an error code in PA_GetLastError.

By default, PA_GetStringField fills string with a null terminated C string, unless you have previously called the PA_UsePStrings functions.

By default, PA_GetStringField fills string with Macintosh characters on Macintosh and ANSI characters under Windows, except if you have previously called the PA_UseMacCharacters or PA_UseAnsiCharacters function

User alert with the value of a string field.

   char value[256];

   PA_GetStringField( 1, 2, value ); // Assuming field 2 of table 1 is a string field
   if ( PA_GetLastError() == eER_NoErr )
      PA_Alert( value );

PA_SetStringField, PA_UseAnsiCharacters, PA_UseCStrings, PA_UseMacCharacters, PA_UsePStrings.

Use PA_GetLastError to see if an error occurred (eER_InvalidFileNumber, eER_InvalidFieldNumber)