CalculatedField.FieldType Property

Specifies the type of the calculated field.

Namespace: DevExpress.Snap.Core.API

Assembly: DevExpress.Snap.v21.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Snap.Core

Declaration

C#

public FieldType FieldType { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property FieldType As FieldType

Property Value

Type	Description
FieldType	A FieldType enumeration value, specifying the calculated field’s value type. The default is FieldType.None.

Available values:

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Name	Description
None	Indicates that the field’s type is undefined and determined by evaluating the actually returned object during report generation.
String	Indicates that the field returns a string value as a sequence of UTF-16 code units (the String type).
DateTime	Indicates that the field returns a value expressed as a date and time of day (the DateTime type).
TimeSpan	Indicates that the field returns a value as a time interval (the TimeSpan type).
Byte	Indicates that the field returns an 8-bit unsigned integer value (the Byte type).
Int16	Indicates that the field returns a 16-bit signed integer value (the Int16 type).
Int32	Indicates that the field returns a 32-bit signed integer value (the Int32 type).
Float	Indicates that the field returns a single-precision floating-point value (the Single type).
Double	Indicates that the field returns a double-precision floating-point value (the Double type).
Decimal	Indicates that the field returns a decimal value (the Decimal type).
Boolean	Indicates that the field returns a Boolean (true or false) value (the Boolean type).
Guid	Indicates that the field returns a globally unique identifier value (the System.Guid type).

Remarks

The FieldType property specifies the type of value (Boolean, DateTime, String, etc.) returned by a calculated field after evaluating its expression, specified via the CalculatedField.Expression property. All available value types are listed in the FieldType enumeration.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

snap-report-api-examples/CS/SnapServerExamples/CodeExamples/DataVisualizationToolsActions.cs#L92

CalculatedField field = new CalculatedField("newField", "Products");
field.FieldType = DevExpress.XtraReports.UI.FieldType.Int32;
field.Expression = "[UnitsInStock]*[UnitPrice]";

snap-convert-snx-to-repx/CS/SnxToRepx/Converter/SnapListProcessor.cs#L114

reportField.DisplayName = calcField.DisplayName;
reportField.FieldType = calcField.FieldType;
reportField.Expression = calcField.Expression;

VB.NET

snap-report-api-examples/VB/SnapServerExamples/CodeExamples/DataVisualizationToolsActions.vb#L90

Dim field As DevExpress.Snap.Core.API.CalculatedField = New DevExpress.Snap.Core.API.CalculatedField("newField", "Products")
field.FieldType = DevExpress.XtraReports.UI.FieldType.Int32
field.Expression = "[UnitsInStock]*[UnitPrice]"

snap-convert-snx-to-repx/VB/SnxToRepx/Converter/SnapListProcessor.vb#L105

reportField.DisplayName = calcField.DisplayName
reportField.FieldType = calcField.FieldType
reportField.Expression = calcField.Expression