MetaFieldBuilder class

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.

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();
            }