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AddDesignerField (handle, handle, character, handle) Adds a single designer field row to the given ttDesignerFields buffer
AddDesignerFields (character, handle, handle) Adds the designer field metadata of the given table to the given ttDesignerFields buffer
CHARACTER FrontendDataFormat (handle) Converts the ABL display format of the given field into the format mask expected by the RCD frontend


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AddDesignerField (handle, handle, character, handle)

Purpose: Adds a single designer field row to the given
ttDesignerFields buffer
Notes:

Parameters:
phTableBuffer HANDLE
The (schema) buffer of the table the field belongs to
phField HANDLE
The handle of the buffer field to describe
pcFieldName CHARACTER
The field name to report (including the extent subscript for extent fields)
phDesignerFieldsBuffer HANDLE
The buffer of the ttDesignerFields temp-table to add the row to
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AddDesignerFields (character, handle, handle)

Purpose: Adds the designer field metadata of the given table to
the given ttDesignerFields buffer
Notes: One row per (extent element of a) field of the table;
extent elements are named FieldName[0] .. FieldName[n-1]
following the RCD wire contract

Parameters:
pcEntityName CHARACTER
The name of the Business Entity the table belongs to
phTableBuffer HANDLE
The (schema) buffer of the table to describe
phDesignerFieldsBuffer HANDLE
The buffer of the ttDesignerFields temp-table to add the rows to
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CHARACTER FrontendDataFormat (handle)

Purpose: Converts the ABL display format of the given field into
the format mask expected by the RCD frontend
Notes: Delegates to RapidCloudDataFormat:FrontendFormat - the
single conversion shared with the grid definition rendering
(date/datetime formats onto the dd/mm/yyyy pattern style,
integer and decimal formats onto a 0/# mask, other data
types onto an empty format)

Parameters:
phField HANDLE
The handle of the buffer field
Returns CHARACTER
The frontend format mask of the field


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