DictField.baseType Method

Definition

Namespace:

Dynamics.AX.Application

Assembly:

Microsoft.Dynamics.AX.Xpp.Support.dll

Returns the base type of the field, such as string, real, integer, date, time, enum, or container.

public:
 virtual Microsoft::Dynamics::Ax::Xpp::Types baseType();

public virtual Microsoft.Dynamics.Ax.Xpp.Types baseType ();

abstract member baseType : unit -> Microsoft.Dynamics.Ax.Xpp.Types
override this.baseType : unit -> Microsoft.Dynamics.Ax.Xpp.Types

Public Overridable Function baseType () As Types

Returns

Types

A Types value that specifies the type of the field.

Remarks

The following example shows the retrieval of the base type of a field.

DictField df;
df = new DictField(tablenum(CustTable), fieldnum(CustTable, AccountNum)); 
if (df)
{
    print strfmt("The field type is %1.", df.baseType());
}