Re: Any way to determine how a field's data storage is set?

2018-07-07 Thread Jeremy French via 4D_Tech
Hi John, In the exported XML structure, I believe there are 2-attributes whose presence/absence indicate where the field’s data will be stored: 1) in the record. 2) in the data file but outside of the record. 3) in an external file outside of the data file. The 2-XML attributes are: 1)

Re: Any way to determine how a field's data storage is set?

2018-07-07 Thread JOHN BAUGHMAN via 4D_Tech
> On Jul 7, 2018, at 6:04 AM, Patrick Emanuel via 4D_Tech > <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > > XML export of the structure Ok that will tell me if Outside data file is selected, but nothing about the other 2 options. I can use this even if it does seem a bit cumbersome. Thanks John Baughman

Re: Any way to determine how a field's data storage is set?

2018-07-07 Thread Patrick Emanuel via 4D_Tech
Hi, Explore the XML export of the structure. You'll find what you are looking for. Patrick - Patrick EMANUEL Administrator www.association-qualisoft.eu (Soft1002, Simply Asso & QS_Toolbox) -- Sent from:

Any way to determine how a field's data storage is set?

2018-07-07 Thread JOHN BAUGHMAN via 4D_Tech
I cannot find a way to do this programmatically. I am referring to Outside the data file/In data file/in record. Get external data path either returns a path or an empty string. The empty string provides a hint in the it is “probably not set to Outside the data file, but is inconclusive and