Functions > Enum Functions > DaoEnum2Str() function

Purpose

Translate a Enum value to a string

Parameters

liValue

Enum value that has to be converted

aEnum

2 dimensional Array as returned by one of the Dao...Enum() functions

lCheckAll

Check all of the values in the array, and concatinate into one string

Returns

A string value

Description

With this function you can translate a Enum value into a string. Sometimes (for example with permissions and relation types) different values of an enum are combined into one Long integer by using the binary OR. The 3rd parameter deterines if this function should check all the values of the array, and return a string with all the values that have been combined.

Example

oFld := oTd:Fields:[Item,1]

// display the field type and all of the field attributes

? DaoEnum2Str(oFld:Type, DaoFieldTypeEnum(),FALSE)

? DaoEnum2Str(oFld:Attributes, DaoFieldAttributeEnum(),TRUE)