Open the database as a database (not a table) and use: ? DBGETPROP(table.fieldname, "FIELD", "Caption")
Laurie On 15 April 2015 at 00:57, Joe Yoder <[email protected]> wrote: > I am needing to do some coding to manipulate data stored in tables that are > a part of a database. > > I had assumed that one can open the DBC as a table and get access to the > long field names but when I tried it I found only some of the long field > names embedded in the property memo field. Can someone tell me where the > long names are stored? > > So far the only way I have found to specify a field name in code is to use > the 10 character name. This is quite awkward especially when those names > are completely nonsensical. Is there a syntax that lets one use the long > names or a simple way to translate them to 10 character names? > > Thanks in advance, > > Joe > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAMvTR9fcOFnz=wa0ccynyjbd69ufqe5jvxzdiqazqezcfvy...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
