SpecialVarFieldDefinition Object

The SpecialVarFieldDefinition Object provides properties for retrieving information and setting options for a special field found in your report (that is, last modification date, print date, etc.). A SpecialVarFieldDefinition Object is obtained from the Field property of the FieldObject Object.

SpecialVarFieldDefinition Object Properties

Property Description Read/Write

Application

Returns a reference to the Application Object, that this object is associated with.

Read only

Kind

Returns CRFieldKind (see table below) that specifies the "kind" of field (database, summary, formula, etc.).

Read only


Constant Value


crDatabaseField

1


crFormulaField

2


crGroupNameField

5


crParameterField

6


crSpecialVarField

4


crSummaryField

3

Name

Returns the name of the special var field.

Read only

NumberOfBytes

Returns the number of bytes required to store the field data in memory.

Read only

Parent

Reference to the Parent object Report Object.

Read only

Report

Reference to Report Object.

Read only

SpecialVarType

Returns CRSpecialVarType (see table below) value indicating the type of special field (that is, ReportTitle, PageNumber, etc.).

Read only


Constant Value


crSVTDataDate

7


crSVTDataTime

8


crSVTGroupNumber

6


crSVTModificationDate

2


crSVTModificationTime

3


crSVTPageNumber

5


crSVTPrintDate

0


crSVTPrintTime

1


crSVTRecordNumber

4


crSVTReportComments

11


crSVTReportTitle

10


crSVTTotalPageCount

9

Property Description Read/Write

ValueType

Returns CRFieldValueType (see table below), which specifies the "type" of value found in the field.

Read only


Constant Value


crBitmapField

17


crBlobField

15


crBooleanField

9


crChartField

21


crCurrencyField

8


crDateField

10


crDateTimeField

16


crIconField

18


crInt16sField

3


crInt16uField

4


crInt32sField

5


crInt32uField

6


crInt8sField

1


crInt8uField

2


crNumberField

7


crOleField

20


crPersistentMemoField

14


crPictureField

19


crStringField

12


crTimeField

11


crTransientMemoField

13


crUnknownField

22



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