Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress 4GL Reference

Buffer-field object handle

A handle to a buffer-field object. Buffer-field objects let you examine and modify the fields of a record. They also let you examine the schema properties of the field.

Syntax

buffer-field-handle [ :attribute ]

buffer-field-handle

A handle to a buffer-field object.

attribute

An attribute of the buffer-field object.

Attributes

ADM-DATA attribute	AVAILABLE attribute	BUFFER-HANDLE attribute
BUFFER-NAME attribute	BUFFER-VALUE attribute	CAN-READ attribute
CAN-WRITE attribute	CASE-SENSITIVE attribute	COLUMN-LABEL attribute
DATA-TYPE attribute	DBNAME attribute	DECIMALS attribute
EXTENT attribute	FORMAT attribute	HANDLE attribute
HELP attribute	INITIAL attribute	KEY attribute
LABEL attribute	LITERAL-QUESTION attribute	MANDATORY attribute
NAME attribute	POSITION attribute	PRIVATE-DATA attribute
READ-ONLY attribute	STRING-VALUE attribute	TABLE attribute
TYPE attribute	UNIQUE-ID attribute	VALIDATE-EXPRESSION attribute
VALIDATE-MESSAGE attribute	WIDTH-CHARS attribute	XML-DATA-TYPE attribute
XML-NODE-TYPE attribute

Note

For more information on the buffer-field object, see OpenEdge Development: Progress 4GL Handbook .

See also

Buffer object handle, Query object handle