DtoColumn Object

DtoColumn Object

This object represents a table column.


Decimal	Gets or sets the decimal places for a column
Flags	Gets or sets the flags for a column
ISR	Gets or sets the ISR for a column
Name	Gets or sets the Name for a column
Number	Gets or sets the ordinal of a column
Size	Gets or sets the size of the column
Type	Gets or sets the column type. This is an enumerated value. See Btrieve Types for a list of possible values.
TypeName	Returns a string value containing the type name.

This object allows you to display properties of a specific table column.

’ Instantiate and open dictionary

Dim dictionary as new DtoDictionary

Dim result as DtoResult

result = dictionary.Open("d:\MyDemodata")

’ Get STUDENT table from MyDemodata database

Dim students_table as DtoTable

Set students_table = dictionary.Tables("STUDENTS")

’ Get columns collection from STUDENT table

Dim students_cols as DtoColumns

Set students_cols = students_table.Columns

’ Retrieve first column and get its name

Dim first_col as DtoColumn

Set first_col = students_cols(1)

name = first_col.Name

DtoColumns Collection

DtoTable Object