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Delete Column Action

Event Function: DeleteColumn

Deletes a specified column from an existing table.

Using the Events tab

Under	Enter	Example
Run Skip Condition	If desired, enter skip conditions for the event. When the "Run Skip Condition" is evaluated to be true, the action is not performed.
Table	Table label	"ABC"
Delete column	Table column to delete (Starting at 1)	2
Number of columns to delete	The total number of rows to delete. The default is 1.

Syntax (if entering it in the Equation bar)

ACTION("DeleteColumn", expr1, expr2, expr3)

Where

expr1 = entry under Table

expr2 = entry under Delete Column

expr3 = entry under Number of Columns to delete

How the example will appear in the Equation bar

ACTION("DeleteColumn", "ABC", 2)

Deletes the second column in table ABC.

Notes

This event deletes columns from the starting column specified to the end of the table for the number of columns specified.