methods

[Serge]

Hi Chris,

> I've never really used field methods (is that the right term?)
> before, but I've come to a point where I need to implement one, and
> I'm totally clueless as to how to do it.  I guess I just need a few
> examples or something of how exactly to make it work.
> 
> I have a table called Classes with a field called ClassName of type
> VarChar and another called Reading of type Boolean.  What I want to
> do is append a small string '(HR)' to those ClassNames where the
> field Reading has a false value.  So in my method field I want
> something like:
> 
> Concat(ClassName, ' (HR)') WHERE/IF Reading=false
> 
> Is that possible?  Is my syntax way off?  I just haven't found much
> documentation on how to put together the calculations for method fields.

Yes, it is possible. You can look at our example in the folder
Examples/API_way/MethodCreate.

I think that you can use such a method:
"if( Reading=false, concat( ClassName, ' (HR)'), ClassName)"


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Best regards,
Serge