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  • BROWSTAT function
  • CELLCALC function
  • CELLCOL function
  • CELLLABEL function
  • CELLNO function
  • CELLROW function
  • CELLSTR function
  • CELLTABLE function
  • CUSTPROP function
  • CUSTPROPAT Function
  • CUSTPROPR function
  • CVDATA function
  • CVDATAC function
  • CVDATAL function
  • CVDATALNG function
  • CVDATAQRY function
  • CVDOCPOS function
  • CVFORM function
  • CVGROUP function
  • CVIDEA function
  • CVINFO function
  • CVMENUST function
  • DOCID function
  • DOCMODE function
  • EVAL function
  • GETHIDE function
  • INITIALS function
  • ISCONS function
  • ISINGROUP function
  • ISINGRP function
  • KLIEXIST function
  • KLIPROP function
  • KLLPROP function
  • LEVEL function
  • LOOKUP function
  • MKPATH function
  • RDYREVIEW function
  • REPENT function
  • SCRNX function
  • SCRNY function
  • WHOAMI function

CVDATAC Function

The CVDATAC function returns the data associated with the provided ID from the specified System Database. For popup cells, this data will be the entire packed string, for other cells, the data will be of the appropriate type as saved by an External Data cell.

Syntax

CVDATAC(SYSID,ID)

Example 1

To use CVDATAC to retrieve Global Cell Data (no Group or Form associations) from the specified System Database, where the label applied to the database in the Document | Settings | System Database tab INFO, and the identifier data is ALPHACELL:

CVDATAC("INFO", "ALPHACELL")

Returns the value of the specified system database record with the identifier ALPHACELL.

Example 2

CVDATAC(SYSID, Group, Form, ID)

To use CVDATAC to retrieve Form Cell Data from the specified System Database, where the label applied to the database in the Document | Settings | System Database tab INFO, and where the identifier of the data is ALPHACELL, in the Group AREA and Form DISTRICT:

CVDATAC("INFO", "AREA", "DISTRICT", "ALPHACELL")

Returns the value of the specified system database record with the identifier ALPHACELL, in Group AREA and Form DISTRICT.

Related Topics

• Miscellaneous Functions