functions

fhSetValueAsText

Description

Sets the pointers item to a text value.

Syntax

bOK = fhSetValueAsText(ptr, strText)

Parameters

ptr: item pointer
strText: string: value to use

Returns

bOK: boolean: returns true on success and false on failure

Example

Creates a new individual record and sets the name to 'Fred Bloggs' and the sex to Male.

ptrInd = fhCreateItem("INDI")             -- create an Individual record and ret ptr to it
ptrName = fhCreateItem("NAME", ptrInd)    -- create a NAME field within this record, and ret ptr to it
fhSetValueAsText(ptrName, 'Fred Bloggs')  -- set value of the name using passed in parameter
ptrSex = fhCreateItem("SEX", ptrInd)      -- create a SEX field within this record, and ret ptr to it
fhSetValueAsText(ptrSex, 'Male')