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HCL Domino Designer Basic User Guide and Reference
Basic product usage information and programming language reference information.
Connectors
Connectors provide native access to a wide variety of DBMS products, ODBC, the platform File system, Enterprise Resource Planning systems, and Transaction Processing systems.
LSX for Connectors
LotusScript® Extensions for Connectors (LC LSX) enhances the power of Notes® by extending its scripting to data outside of Notes through the use of Connectors. The programming model is independent of the individual connector. This eliminates the need to learn each individual system, while at the same time allowing experienced users to access the individual features of a specific system.
Chapter 5 LCField Class
This chapter provides information about the LCField class methods and properties.
GetNumeric Method for LCField
This method retrieves a numeric value from a value in a field. If the requested data type is different from the field data type, conversion is automatically performed. If conversion is not possible, error LCFAIL_INVALID_CONVERT occurs.

GetNumeric Method for LCField

This method retrieves a numeric value from a value in a field. If the requested data type is different from the field data type, conversion is automatically performed. If conversion is not possible, error LCFAIL_INVALID_CONVERT occurs.

Defined In

LCField

Syntax

Set newNumeric = thisField.GetNumeric(index)

Parameters


Parameter	Description
index	Long, >= 1. Index of the field data value to be retrieved.

Return Value


Value	Description
newNumeric	LCNumeric. The index th value in thisField, converted to a numeric type.

Example

Option Public
Uselsx "*lsxlc"  
Sub Initialize
  Dim Fld As New LCField (LCTYPE_TEXT)
  Fld.Text = "1234.56789"
  Dim vNumr As LCNumeric
  Set vNumr = Fld.GetNumeric (1)
  Print "The Numeric representation of the field is " & vNumr.Text
End Sub

Example Output

The Numeric representation of the field is 1234.56789