Apollo VCL Components > Apollo VCL Component Reference > TApolloTable > TApolloTable Methods

Declaration

function GetString( sFieldName: String ): String;

Description

Extracts the contents of any field as a string value.

Note that DBF data is stored in a fixed length record in character format. Any field data (including numeric and date fields can therefore be extracted as a string.

Parameters

sFieldName: The name of the field.

Return Value

The field contents are returned as a string.

Delphi Example

// Read first and last names into string variables

sFirst := ApTbl.GetString( 'FIRST' );

sLast := ApTbl.GetString( 'LAST' );

C++Builder Example

// Read first and last names into string variables

sFirst = ApTbl->GetString( "FIRST" );

sLast = ApTbl->GetString( "LAST" );