Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Application Server:
Developing WebSpeed Applications

get-user-field

This function returns the value of the specified user settable field that was set with the set-user-field function.

Location: web\method\cgiutils.i

Parameters:

INPUT p_name AS CHARACTER

The user field name. If the Unknown value (?) is specified, the list of user fields is returned.

Returns: CHARACTER

Notes:

Using set-user-field, one Web object can make data available to other Web objects. A Web object can access that information with the get-user-field or get-value functions.
User fields are cleared with each new Web request.
Examples:

cAddress = get-user-field("Address":U)

See also:

set-user-field

get-field

hidden-field-list

url-field-list

url-format