CVDATALNG Function
Returns the data associated with the provided "Group", "Form" and/or "ID" from a specified system database. Depending on the value of the "Form", it will make again another query if no record was found or the value is a null string.
Syntax
CVDATALNG("SystemID","Group","Form","ID")
CVDATALNG("SystemID","ID")
Parameters
SystemID - The label applied to the system database specified in the document settings.
Group - The group of the data. This can be set to a null string.
Form - The form of the data. This can be set to a null string. If it is in the "LL-CC" format (LL is a two character language code and CC is a two character country code) and the function returns no record or a null string, it will automatically make another query with Form as "LL".
ID - The identifier of the data. This can be set to a null string.
Example 1
CVDATALNG( "STRINGS","ONTARIO")
Will retrieve the global data (no group and from associations) associated with "ONTARIO" from "STRINGS" system database.
Example 2
CVDATALNG( "STRINGS","CNDPROV","EN-CA","ONTARIO")
Will retrieve the data associated with "CNDPROV","EN-CA","ONTARIO" and if it fails will retrieve the data associated with "CNDPROV","EN","ONTARIO" from "STRINGS" system database.
