COLUMNCAPTION Function
Returns the current caption of a query column as a text string.
Syntax
Caption := Query.COLUMNCAPTION(Column)
Parameters
Query
Type: query
A variable that specifies the query object that contains the column.
Column
Type: Text
Refers to the name of the query column. The name of a query column is specified by the Name Property of the column in Query Designer.
Property Value/Return Value
Type: Text
The current value of CaptionML Property for the query column.
Remarks
The CaptionML property is multi-language enabled, so it can contain a list of text strings in different languages. The string that is used is selected according to the user's language settings. For more information, see Multilanguage Development.
Example
The following example shows how to get the caption for a column of a query. The query is called My Customer Query and has a column with the name Customer_No.
This example requires that you create the following variables.
| Variable name | DataType | Subtype |
|---|---|---|
| Caption | Text | Not applicable |
| MyQuery | Query | My Customer Query |
Caption := MyQuery.COLUMNCAPTION("Customer_No");
MESSAGE(Caption);