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.
