Daylight v4.9 Release Date: 1 February 2008 Namedt_summary - find the datatype summary of an objectGeneric Prototypedt_summary(dt_Handle) => dt_StringC Prototype#include "dt_thor.h"dt_String dt_summary(dt_Integer *len, dt_Handle object) FORTRAN Prototypeinclude 'dt_f_thor.inc'integer*4 dt_f_summary(object, string)
integer*4 object
DescriptionFinds the datatype summary of the object (the _S<> dataitem from the datatype definition TDT). 'object' may be datafield or fieldtypes (THOR) and columns or fieldtypes (Merlin). If the object has no summary in its definition, returns the 'invalid string'.Return ValueReturns a string tag. For objects other than datafields, fieldtypes, and columns, the summary is defined as the 'invalid string'.Related Topicsdt_briefname(3) dt_comments(3) dt_datatype(3) dt_description(3) dt_dfnorm(3) dt_dfnormdata(3) dt_fieldtype(3) dt_getdatatype(3) dt_membership(3) dt_owner(3) dt_tag(3) |