OpenListCursor Method
Description
Opens a new cursor containing specified fields for all items in a named list.
Syntax
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Public Function OpenListCursor( _ ByVal cursor As String, _ ByVal list As String, _ ByVal fields As String _ ) As Integer |
Parameters
- cursor
- The named cursor to be created with the specified fields for all items in an overlay. Any existing cursor with this name will be overwritten.
- list
- The named list containing items from which properties will be read to fill the cursor.
- fields
- The list of fields to be included in the cursor. Field names should be as they appear in the expression box within SIS and should be TAB-separated.
Remarks
Cursors created from lists can be navigated through in forwards and backwards directions allowing any row to be visited or revisited at will.
When a cursor is opened the current reading position is at the start of the cursor.
Available: GEO D OD OM SISpy
Group:
Example
sis.OpenListCursor ("MyCursor", "MyList", "_area#" & vbTab & "UPRN$" & vbTab
& "BDRMS&")
This creates a cursor called MyCursor which will contain three columns - the system property _area# and two user-defined properties. The cursor will be populated from items in the named list MyList and will contain a row for every item in that list.