AltText property

The AltText property sets or gets the alternative character data that is associated with a field. You use this property with multiple-pass verification tasks and when you need to display alternative text options to an operator.

VBScript restriction: Because extended properties are not supported through the C# .NET Interop interface, you must instead use the set_AltText method or the get_AltText method.

Syntax

VBScript

oDCO.AltText (nIndex as Long) as String

Applies to

Field objects only.

Type

Read and write.

Arguments

nIndex: 0 specifies the primary value. When the field contains multiple recognition, voting, or multiple-pass data entry values, 1 specifies the first alternative, 2 specifies the second alternative, and so on.

Returns

String containing the alternative text. The string is stored in the page XML file in ASCII format.

VBScript example

This example shows the first alternative value (231.77) for the Total field that an operator entered during a multiple-pass verification task.

objTotalField.AltText(1) = "231.77"