Attribute | Data Type | Description | Inherited From |
ClassName | varchar(32) | Gives the name of an object's actual type (as opposed to its declared type) (R) | Object |
ClientData | Object | Provides a way to associate data with an object (RW) | Object |
DBHandle | varchar(76) | Specifies a database handle to load into StringObject (RW) | Defined |
ErrorStatus | integer | Contains the error status from the last setting of FileHandle or DBHandle (R) | Defined |
FileHandle | varchar(256) | Specifies a file to be loaded into StringObject (RW) | Defined |
InstanceIdentifier | integer | Contains a value that uniquely identifies an instance of an allocated object (R) | Object |
InstanceReferences | integer | Contains the current number of references to the object (R) | Object |
Length | integer | Specifies the text string length (0 indicates an empty string) (R) | Defined |
Value | varchar(2000) | Is a varchar representation of the string object (RW) | Defined |
Method | Return Value | Description | Inherited From |
AppendToFile ([filename = varchar(256)]) | integer | Appends the string object to the end of a file | Defined |
ConcatString (string = StringObject) | StringObject | Concatenates a string to the end of the string object | Defined |
ConcatVarchar (text = varchar(256)) | StringObject | Concatenates text to the end of the string object | Defined |
ConvertFromBinary (binary = LongByteObject, format = integer) | integer | Loads the object from the binary contents of a LongByteObject | Defined |
DeleteFromDB() | integer | Deletes the string object specified in the DBHandle attribute from the database | Defined |
Duplicate() | StringObject | Makes a duplicate of the object, placing a reference to the new object in a reference variable | Object |
ExpandParm(scope = Scope) | StringObject | Returns a string object obtained from the target string object by expanding parameters | Defined |
ExtractString ([startposition = integer] [,length = integer]) | StringObject | Returns a section of named string, starting with startposition and extending length bytes, creating a new StringObject as output | Defined |
GetAttribute (attributename = byref(variable) {,attributename = byref(variable)}) | integer | Gets the values of any number of attributes for the object | Object |
InsertIntoDB ([tablename = varchar(256)]) | integer | Writes a string object into the specified database, using tablename as the base for storage and handle | Defined |
IsA (class = classname) | integer | Returns TRUE if the object is of the same class as, or one of the subclasses of, the class specified by classname | Object |
Join (strings = array of StringObject [, delimiter = varchar(256)]) | StringObject | Concatenates an array of StringObjects to the cleared host StringObject and returns that StringObject | Defined |
LeftTruncate (endposition = integer) | none | Truncates the left part of the string, up to and including endposition | Defined |
LoadLong(object = Object) | integer | Loads the object with the data contained within a LongVcharObject or LongByteObject | Defined |
LocateString (match = varchar(256), startposition = integer [,ignorecase = integer] [,backwards = integer]) | integer | Finds the first occurrence of match, starting from startposition | Defined |
RightTruncate ([startposition = integer]) | none | Sets text to null on the right, starting at the character position startposition | Defined |
SetAttribute (attributename = value {,attributename = value}) | integer | Sets any number of attributes for the object | Object |
Split (delimiter = varchar(256) [, ignorecase = integer] [, backwards = integer] [, exactrows = integer] [, minrows = integer] [, includedelimiter = integer] [, preserveleadingwhitespace = integer]) | array of StringObject | Splits the StringObject contents into an array of StringObjects and returns them | Defined |
SubString ([startposition = integer] [,length = integer]) | varchar | Returns a section of the StringObject, starting at startposition and extending length bytes into a varchar variable | Defined |
UpdateInDB() | integer | Replaces a string object in the database | Defined |
WriteToFile ([filename = varchar(256)]) | integer | Writes a string object to file | Defined |