Column's Foreign Properties

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Property ForeignFormName As String

Column.ForeignFormName [= strFormName]

Returns or sets the form that contains the foreign Active Table (atb) by its name.

Property ForeignAtbName As String

Column.ForeignAtbName [= strAtbName]

Returns or sets the name of the foreign Active Table (atb) by its name.

Property ForeignDisplayFieldName As String

Column.ForeignDisplayFieldName [= strFieldName]

Returns or sets the field of the foreign Active Table (atb) by its name, that is used to display the column.

Property ForeignFieldName As String

Column.ForeignFieldName [= strFieldName]

Returns or sets the field of the foreign Active Table (atb) by its name, that corresponds to the field of the column (specified by FieldName Property).

The Column's Foreign Properties are also available via the property page Foreigns in the designer's interface. You may use the bAt Master Add-In to drag and drop values onto the Foreigns property page.

Example

Column Repid is connected to a foreign atb control

This is the foreign atb control of the Repid column

Fig. 1: Two atb controls (housed in two forms) connected via Foreign properties.

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Fig. 2: Property page Foreigns for the first atb control of Fig.1