Programming Guide - Actian

Table FieldsTable FieldsA table field is a composite field comprised of active fields arranged in rowsand columns. Each column in the table field maps to one attribute of the classassociated with the array and each table field row displays one row of thearray. The fields are usually entry fields, but can be of any kind, such as imageor toggle fields.A column is a stack of identical active fields: each has the same data type andcontains the same type of information, for example, customer names ortelephone numbers. A row contains one field from each column in the table.The following graphic illustrates these concepts:A table field can be oriented in either of two ways:• VerticallyA vertical table field displays its columns vertically and its rowshorizontally.• HorizontallyA horizontal table field displays its columns horizontally and its rowsvertically.Working with Arrays, Table Fields, and Collections 227