The field management API gives programmatic access to configured fields. A field can be referenced in a number of ways, these functions provide ways to access and map between them.
A field contains:
- field name. This is a text string
- field number. This is an integer between -65535 and 65535
| dsfield.namebynum |
( |
var |
fieldnumber | ) |
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Return the field name of this field number.
- Parameters
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| fieldnumber | - The field number |
- Return values
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| Field | name |
| nil | - if there is no mapping for this fieldnumber |
| dsfield.numbyname |
( |
var |
fieldname | ) |
|
Return the field number of this field.
- Parameters
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- Returns
- Field number
- Return values
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| nil | - if the fieldname is not known |
