Column Object Properties: Type 

Purpose

Specifies the type of a Column object.

Returns

type CviewColType

Description

Legal values for Type are :

Value

Description

Appearance

tavColumnGeneral = 1

General data type. The data is converted automatically to numeric, date or time values (if possible) and displayed accordingly. If the Alignment property is set to tavColumnAlignGeneral, the display is also justified automatically.

tavColumnText = 2

All data is treated as text data. The display is aligned according to the Alignment property. Data is not converted. This is especially necessary if text data like ‘0001’ should be stored in a cell.

tavColumnBoolean = 3

All data is stored as Boolean. A check box is used for displaying and modifying data.

tavColumnSelection = 4

not implemented yet

 

tavColumnNumeric = 5

Same as tavColumnGeneral.

 

tavColumnObject = 6

not implemented yet

 

tavDate = 7

not implemented yet

 

ravTime = 8

not implemented yet