Parameter Properties

The Parameter type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	Attributes	Gets the parameter's attributes.
	Category	Gets the parameter's category name. The category is used by the studio to group properties in the property sheet. Category names are stored in the Studio's parameter_categories picklist.
	DataType	Gets the parameter's data type.
	DataTypeAttributes	Gets the parameter's data type attributes. These attributes are defined in system metadata.
	DefaultValue	Returns the default value.
	DefaultValueExpr	Returns the expression to use as the default value.
	Description	Gets the parameter's description. Parameter descriptions are stored as text and used by the Studio to display help text in the property sheet.
	ID	Gets the parameter's ID.
	MaskName	For enumeration types only, the name of an enumeration item in the enumeration specifying a sub-attribute mask. If a MaskName is provided and a corresponding enumeration item is found in the enumeration, the mask is used to determine which attributes are valid in the current context.
	Module	Gets the parameter's Module.
	ModuleAttributes	Returns the attributes for the module
	Name	Gets the name of the parameter.
	ParameterTypeName	Gets the parameter's type name.
	ParamTxt	Gets/sets the value of the xmt_parameters.param_txt column.
	PickListKey	The PickList key (id) assigned to this parameter.
	Properties	Returns the object's Properties collection.
	TextItems	Returns the object's TextItems collection.