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>e.g.
>.columns(x).header1.caption = DBGETPROP("poItems.desc","FIELD","CAPTION")
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>>I have a table in a database on which I have set the caption to a couple of fields. If I create a grid and set that table as the record source the column headers reflect the caption.
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>>If I do something like
>>SELECT fieldlist FROM myTable etc.
>>the grid column header becomes the field name rather than the caption.
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>>I expected to find some function that would return the caption somewhere, but I wasn't able to find one.
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>>I know that the caption is stored in the Property field of the DBC and I know how to get to that value. What I haven't figured out is how to parse that field to extract the caption.
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>>So.................
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>>Any information on what function I missed, or how to parse the Property field will be greatly appreciated.
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>>Thanks to all............Rich