Description - property of the PmEventItem object
Description:
Event item description.
Syntax:
String Description
Note:
Property access
for read and write.
The default value of this property is defined in the "
Description (desc)" configurator of this object.
The user description of the event item is introduced at the moment of event item creation. For the user configured event items are set by corresponding configurator in the development environment. For dynamically created event items it is entered as optional
sDesc parameter in the
ActivateNew or
RegisterNew methods.
Macro expression can be used for input (
$.text ..) (it is evaluated while the window is opening). Caution:
Macro expression $vb cannot be used for input. Macro expression
$.text it can be used both for configuration in the development environment, or in the running application by writing into this property. This enables texts localization of event items. In this property and on the disk in event history the corresponding macro expression is saved (not the macro expression result). It is then possible in the application to switch the language while viewing the event history and the event item texts will be displayed in selected language.
Example:
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var oEv = pMe.Pm("/Event");
var oEvItem = oEv.Item("Temperature");
var sDesc = oEvItem.Description;
Dim oEv
Set oEv = pMe.Pm("/Event")
Dim oEvItem
Set oEvItem = oEv.Item("Temperature")
Dim sDesc
sDesc = oEvItem.Description