[progress Communities] [progress Openedge Abl] Forum Post: Re: Conversion Integer To String

[jan@nimblecg.com]

I don't think this is something that you can do with custom data types in Corticon. Custom Data Types are possible values linked to an attribute in the vocabulary, and for that attribute you limit possible values to the values listed in the custom data type. What you are trying to do here is conceptually use the values (or labels) as constants. This is not the intended use, and I would be surprised if you can assign (or test) a value of the cdt to a 'generic' string or integer. On a different note, to refer to specific values or labels in a cdt the . (dot) syntax is non-supported. You really should use the # notation (as in TipusContracte#AdministratiuEspecial).

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