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Options.SortByDisplayText Property

Property Property Options.SortByDisplayText: Enumerated (R/W)

Description

The SortByDisplayText property determines how values in a column will be sorted.

Value

Meaning

0:

Default. The value displayed in the column will be used.

1:

On. The value displayed in the column will be used. This value can have another datatype than the datatype of the value which is displayed in the column. (For example, a boolean column value (0 or 1) can have a display text in a natural language ('Out of Stock' or 'In Stock').

Code Snippet

rem Change the field display text

columnPurWhLocationCodeDefInd.OnGetDataText = "PurWhLocationCodeDefIndGetDataText"

rem Sort the column by Displaytext instead of the underlying field value

columnPurWhLocationCodeDefInd.Options.SortByDisplayText = 1 '0=default; 1=On

Sub PurWhLocationCodeDefIndGetDataText(Sender, ARecord, AText)

rem change the display text for a boolean field to test the SortByDisplayText property

'AText = "dummy"

If AText = "True" Then

AText = "In Stock"

Else

AText = "Out of Stock"

End If

End Sub