functions

Returns the type of value that an item can store. Some items, such as record items and items that represent events, do not actually store values of their own. All data associated with them is held by their child items. This function will return an empty string for items that do not store values, or where the pointer selected is null.

See also fhGetDataClass.

strItemType = fhGetValueType(ptr)

ptr

item pointer

strItemType

string: For items that do not store values, this string will be empty. For items that store values, the value returned will be one of the following:

text	a String
richtext	a Rich Text object
date	a Date object
integer	a number
link	an Item Pointer
age	an Age object
blob	a multimedia object (e.g. a picture, sound or video)

ptri = fhNewItemPtr()
ptri:MoveToFirstRecord('INDI')
ptrBirth = fhGetItemPtr(ptri,"INDI.BIRT.DATE") 
fhMessageBox(fhGetDisplayText(ptrBirth) .. " Type: " .. fhGetValueType(ptrBirth))