Handling events in field types

Extending product function with VBA > Handling events in field types

This section covers all the field types available to the user that are listed in the System Architect Object Browser under the enumerated type FLDTYPE. These constants determine the format in which data is returned. In most cases System Architect sets the field type internally. This enumerated type is used as a required parameter for the GetRelationMetric method of the encyclopedia class. It is also an optional parameter in the GetMetric methods of the diagram, symbol, and definition classes.

Field types

FLDTYPE	Number	Description
FLDTYPAUTO	65	This is the default field selected by System Architect internally
FLDTYPCHARACTER	67	String up to 256 characters
FLDTYPDATE	68	Date field (for example, MM/DD/YYYY)
FLDTYPLOGICAL	76	Boolean field
FLDTYPMEMO	77	Memo fields store large blocks of text up to 4,095 characters
FLDTYPNUMERIC	78	The field must contain values that are numbers
FLDTYPTIME	84	Time field (for example, hours:minutes:seconds)