Column Element

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Column Element

Description

Column definition for a Custom Table

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Children

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Attributes

Name	Type	Description	Required
Id	String	Identifier for the column.	Yes
Category	Enumeration	Category of this column. This attribute must be specified with a value of 'Binary' if the Type attribute's value is 'binary'. This attribute's value must be one of the following: Text UpperCase LowerCase Integer DoubleInteger TimeDate Identifier Property Filename WildCardFilename Path Paths AnyPath DefaultDir RegPath Formatted FormattedSddl Template Condition Guid Version Language Binary CustomSource Cabinet Shortcut
Description	String	Description of this column.
KeyColumn	Integer	Column in the table in KeyTable attribute.
KeyTable	String	Table in which this column is an external key. Can be semicolon delimited.
Localizable	YesNoType	Whether this column can be localized.
MaxValue	Integer	Maximum value for a numeric value, date or version in this column.
MinValue	Integer	Minimum value for a numeric value, date or version in this column.
Modularize	Enumeration	How this column should be modularized, if at all. This attribute's value must be one of the following: None Column should not be modularized. This is the default value. Column Column should be modularized. Condition Column is a condition and should be modularized. Icon When the column is an primary or foreign key to the Icon table it should be modularized special. Property Any Properties in the column should be modularized. SemicolonDelimited Semi-colon list of keys, all of which need to be modularized.
Nullable	YesNoType	Whether this column can be left null.
PrimaryKey	YesNoType	Whether this column is a primary key.
Set	String	Semicolon delimited list of permissible values.
Type	Enumeration	The type of this column. This attribute's value must be one of the following: binary Column contains a path to a file that will be inserted into the column as a binary object. If this value is set, the Category attribute must also be set with a value of 'Binary' to pass ICE validation. int Column contains an integer or datetime value (the MinValue and MaxValue attributes should also be set). string Column contains a non-localizable string value.	Yes
Width	Integer	Width of this column.

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