LCFieldlist Class Methods Summary

The LCFieldlist class method is summarized here.

Creation

The following methods create and free fieldlist instances. The fieldlist merging methods also create new fieldlists.


Method	Description
New LCFieldlist	Constructor. Creates a new fieldlist object instance.
LCFieldlist.Copy	Creates a new fieldlist object instance as a copy of another fieldlist. The field data is also copied.
LCFieldlist.CopyRef	Creates a new fieldlist object instance as a partial copy of another fieldlist. The contained fields are not copied, but are rather referenced.
Delete LCFieldlist	Destructor. Frees a fieldlist object instance created with the constructor, LCFieldlist.Copy, LCFieldlist.CopyRef, LCFieldlist.Merge, or LCFieldlist.MergeVirtual.

The following methods support retrieval of fieldlist contents.


Method	Description
LCFieldlist.GetField	Retrieves a particular field from a fieldlist by field index.
LCFieldlist.GetName	Retrieves a copy of a field name from a fieldlist by field index.
LCFieldlist.Lookup	Locates a field in a fieldlist by field name.
LCfieldlist.List	Iterates through fields in a fieldlist.

The following methods support modification of fieldlist contents.


Method	Description
LCFieldlist.Append	Adds a new field to the end of a fieldlist.
LCFieldlist.Insert	Inserts a new field into a fieldlist.
LCFieldlist.Remove	Removes a field from a fieldlist.
LCFieldlist.Replace	Replaces a field in a fieldlist with a new field.
LCFieldlist.Copyfield	Copies an existing field into a fieldlist.
LCFieldlist.Includefield	Embeds an existing field into a fieldlist.
LCFieldlist.SetName	Renames a field within a fieldlist.

The following methods support fieldlist merging.


Method	Description
LCFieldlist.Merge	Merges a name fieldlist and data fieldlist to produce a mapped fieldlist.
LCFieldlist.MergeVirtual	Merges a name fieldlist and data fieldlist to produce a mapped fieldlist. Fields with matching virtual codes are added to a new virtual fieldlist.

The following methods support fieldlist mapping.


Method	Description
LCFieldlist.Map	Maps fields with the same names but changes the positions and can exclude some fields.
LCFieldlist.MapName	Maps fields with different names.

The following is a list of fieldlist properties.


Property	Description
LCFieldlist.GetCount	Retrieves the current number of fields in a fieldlist.
LCFieldlist.GetRecordCount	Retrieves the record count supplied when allocating a fieldlist.
LCFieldlist.GetSequence	Retrieves the current sequence number for a fieldlist.

All other properties are dynamic. Field data may be accessed by referencing the field name.