The PropertyDef class represents a property definition.
Description
Public Methods
 Clone | Creates a copy of the object. |
Public Properties
 AccessControlList | The ACL that defines the visibility and editability of this property in objects. It is Nothing if the ACL is not set. |
| AllObjectTypes | Specifies whether this property definition can be used with all object types. |
| AllowedAsGroupingLevel | Specifies whether to allow using this property as a grouping level in views. |
| AutomaticValueDefinition | If not NULL, specifies an automatic value for this property. |
| AutomaticValueType | Defines the type of the automatic value of this field, if any. |
| BasedOnValueList | Specifies whether this property definition is based on a value list. |
| ContentType | The content type of the property definition. |
| DataType | The data type of the property definition. |
| DependencyPD | The ID of the related property definition. MFPseudoPropertyDefAuto (-106) indicates 'automatic filtering'. |
| DependencyRelation | The dependency relation type of this property definition. |
| FormattingType | If formatting is used for this field, this property specifies it. |
| GUID | The GUID as a string. |
| HistoryVersionsSearchableByThisProperty | Specifies whether to allow searching for history versions of objects by this property. |
| ID | The ID of the property definition. |
| Name | The name of the property definition. |
| ObjectsSearchableByThisProperty | Specifies whether to allow searching for objects by this property. |
| ObjectType | The object type with which this property definition is used. This is valid only if AllObjectTypes is False. |
| OwnerPropertyDef | The owner property definition of this property definition. |
| Predefined | Specifies whether this property definition is a predefined property definition. |
| ShowOnlyFilteredValues | Specifies the flag whether to Show Only Filtered value on metadata card from MFAdmin. |
| SortAscending | True to sort in ascending order, false to sort in descending order. |
| StaticFilter | Static filter to apply to the values of the property definition's underlying value list or object type. |
| ThisIsConflictPD | Specifies whether this property definition is the conflict property definition of the object type. |
| ThisIsDefaultPD | Specifies whether this property definition is the one and only default property definition of the object type. |
| ThisIsOwnerPD | Specifies whether this property definition is the one and only owner property definition of the object type. |
| UpdateType | The update type of the property definition. |
| ValidationType | If validation is used for this field, this property specifies the validation type. |
| ValueList | The ID of the value list. This is valid only if this property definition is based on a value list. |
Remarks
The property definition declares the type and behavior of the object property. The PropertyValue object defines the actual value of the property.
Use the VaultPropertyDefOperations interface to access PropertyDef objects.
Property definitions in M-Files Admin.
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