StoredItem (Property)

Find out the stored item or the stored variable of a Table, Looper, List Box or Combo Box control.
Modify the stored item or the stored variable of a Table, Looper, List Box or Combo Box control.

Remarks:

The stored item is used for the controls associated with a data file or with a query. The stored variable is used for the controls associated with a variable.
The stored item or the stored variable is defined in the window editor or in the page editor, in the "Content" tab of the control description.

Versions 15 and later

This property is now available for Android applications.

New in version 15

This property is now available for Android applications.

Versions 17 and later

This property is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 17

This property is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 18 and later

This property is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

New in version 18

This property is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

Versions 20 and later

This property is now available for Table controls in Android and iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 20

This property is now available for Table controls in Android and iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 21 and later

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

New in version 21

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

Example

// Modify the stored item of the "TABLE_CustomerTable" control
TABLE_CustomerTable.StoredItem = "CustomerName"

Syntax

Finding out the stored item or variable of a control Hide the details

<Stored item/variable> = <Control used>.StoredItem

<Stored item/variable>: Character string

Name of stored item for the specified control. This item belongs to the data file browsed by the field (known or modified thanks to the Property BrowsedFile).
Name of stored variable for the specified control. This name has the following format ":<prefix><Variable name>" or ":<Variable name>"
(the prefix is present only if the programming charter is activated in the project).
This variable belongs to the variable browsed by the control (returned or modified by BrowsedFile).
Empty string ("") if no stored item/variable is associated with the control.

<Control used>: Control name

Name of control to use:
Table control,
List Box control,
Combo Box control.

Modifying the stored item/variable of a control Hide the details

<Control used>.StoredItem = <New item/variable>

<Control used>: Control name

Name of control to use:
Table control,
List Box control,
Combo Box control.

<New item/variable>: Character string

Name of new stored item for the specified control. This item must belong to the data file browsed by the field (known or modified thanks to the Property BrowsedFile).
Name of the new stored variable for the specified control. This name has the following format ":<prefix><Variable name>" or ":<Variable name>".
The prefix must be specified if the programming charter is activated in the project (whether the prefixes are displayed or not)..
This variable belongs to the variable browsed by the control (returned or modified by BrowsedFile).
Empty string ("") if no stored item/variable must be associated with the control.

Remarks

Value property

The Property StoredItem modifies the value returned by the Property Value.

Two distinct cases may occur:

0. The Property Value allows to:
- Find out the selected row. If no row is selected, Value returns -1. If the List Box control (or the Table control) is multiselection, the number of the last selected row is returned.
- Move the selection by specifying the number of the new row to select. The rows that were selected beforehand are deselected.
  To find out the selected row, use one of the following syntaxes:
  
  ResRow = <Name of the List Box or or Table control>.Value
  ResRow = <Name of the List Box or or Table control>
0. The Value property is used to find out the stored field for the record associated with the selected row. If no row is selected, the Property Value returns a string Void ("").
To find out the stored item associated with the selected row, the following syntaxes are equivalent:

ResStoredItem = <Name of the List Box or Table control>.Value
ResStoredItem = <Name of the List Box or Table control>.StoredItem

FileLink property

The Property StoredItem is often used in association with the Property FileLink. This association is used to create an automatic link between two data files when calling to FileToScreen and ScreenToFile.

Memory Table control

If a memory Table control must display data coming from a data file, a query or a view:

Create a memory Table control in the window editor or in the page editor.
In your program, specify the item that will be browsed by BrowsedItem. This item must belong to the data file, to the query or to the view whose data will be displayed in the memory Table control.
In your program, specify the item to be stored with the Property StoredItem. This item must belong to the data file, to the query or to the view whose data will be displayed in the memory Table control.
Use FileToMemoryTable to initialize the Table control with the desired data. The data will be sorted according to the specified search item.
DisplayedItem will be automatically initialized.

Memory List Box control

If a memory List Box or Combo Box control must display data coming from a data file, a query or a view:

Create a memory List Box or Combo Box control in the window editor or in the page editor.
Use FileToMemoryList to initialize the control with the desired data.
The properties BrowsedFile, DisplayedItem, BrowsedItem and StoredItem will be automatically initialized.

Seeking and selecting an element in a browsing List Box or Combo Box control

To seek and/or select an element in a browsing List Box or Combo Box control, we recommend that you use the following syntax:

LIST_OrderList.StoredItem = "CustomerID"
// Find and select the element whose CustomerID is "135"
LIST_OrderList = 135
// If the element sought is not found, LIST_OrderList will be set to -1

Limits

The Property StoredItem applies only to:

Table controls,
List Box controls,
Combo Box controls,
ListView controls,
Looper controls.