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Specifies the type of the value returned by the calculated field.
Namespace : DevExpress.XtraReports.UI
Assembly : DevExpress.XtraReports.v25.2.dll
NuGet Package : DevExpress.Reporting.Core
[DefaultValue(FieldType.None)]
[SRCategory(ReportStringId.CatData)]
public FieldType FieldType { get; set; }
<SRCategory(ReportStringId.CatData)>
<DefaultValue(FieldType.None)>
Public Property FieldType As FieldType
| Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FieldType | None |
A FieldType enumeration value, specifying the calculated field’s value type.
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Available values:
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| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| None |
Indicates that the field’s type is undefined and determined by evaluating the actually returned object during report generation.
| | String |
Indicates that the field returns a string value as a sequence of UTF-16 code units (the String type).
| | DateTime |
Indicates that the field returns a value expressed as a date and time of day (the DateTime type).
| | Date |
Indicates that the field returns a value expressed as a date (the DateOnly type).
| | Time |
Indicates that the field returns a value expressed as a time of day (the TimeOnly type).
| | TimeSpan |
Indicates that the field returns a value as a time interval (the TimeSpan type).
| | Byte |
Indicates that the field returns an 8-bit unsigned integer value (the Byte type).
| | Int16 |
Indicates that the field returns a 16-bit signed integer value (the Int16 type).
| | Int32 |
Indicates that the field returns a 32-bit signed integer value (the Int32 type).
| | Float |
Indicates that the field returns a single-precision floating-point value (the Single type).
| | Double |
Indicates that the field returns a double-precision floating-point value (the Double type).
| | Decimal |
Indicates that the field returns a decimal value (the Decimal type).
| | Boolean |
Indicates that the field returns a Boolean ( true or false ) value (the Boolean type).
| | Guid |
Indicates that the field returns a globally unique identifier value (the System.Guid type).
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The FieldType property specifies the type of value (Boolean, DateTime, String, etc.) returned by a calculated field after evaluating its expression, specified via the CalculatedField.Expression property. All available value types are listed in the FieldType enumeration.
To learn more, refer to Calculated Fields Overview.
For a code example, refer to Creating a Calculated Field (Runtime Sample).
The following code snippet (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contains a reference to the FieldType property.
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reporting-winforms-calculated-field-runtime/CS/UsingCalculatedFields/Form1.cs#L25
calcField.DataMember = report.DataMember;
calcField.FieldType = FieldType.Double;
calcField.DisplayName = "Calculated Field";
reporting-winforms-calculated-field-runtime/VB/UsingCalculatedFields/Form1.vb#L28
calcField.DataMember = report.DataMember
calcField.FieldType = FieldType.Double
calcField.DisplayName = "Calculated Field"
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