The Business Foundation (BF) MetaFieldBuilder class lets you create meta-fields based on existing system meta-types.
The MetaFieldBuilder class has the following methods:
- CreateGuid
- CreateDateTime
- CreateDate
- CreateInteger
- CreateFloat
- CreateCurrency
- CreateCheckBoxBoolean
- CreateDropDownBoolean
- CreateText CreateEmail
- CreateUrl CreateLongText
- CreateHtml
- CreateFile
- CreateImage
- CreateReference
- CreateReferencedField
- CreateBackReference
- CreateCardField
- CreateEnumField
- CreateAggregation
- CreateIntegerPercent
- CreateFloatPercent
- CreateDecimalPercent
- CreateDecimal
- CreateDuration
When you use the MetaFieldBuilder, the Edit scope is automatically opened.
Creating a meta-field with MetaFieldBuilder
Example: Using the MetaFieldBuilder to create a meta-field.
C#
using (MetaFieldBuilder builder = new MetaFieldBuilder(metaClass))
{
builder.CreateDateTime(CreatedFieldName, CreatedFriendlyName, false, true);
builder.CreateText(CreatorFieldNameText, CreatorFriendlyName, false, 50, false);
builder.CreateGuid(CreatorFieldNameGuid, CreatorFriendlyName, false);
builder.CreateInteger(CreatorFieldNameInteger, CreatorFriendlyName, false, -1);
builder.SaveChanges();
}
