MEDIAID Function (Media)

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06/05/2016

Gets the unique identifier of a media object on a record.

Syntax

Guid := Record.MediaField.MEDIAID

Parameters

Record
Type: Record

Specifies the record that uses the media.

MediaField
Type: Media

Specifies the field that contains the media. This field has the Media data type.

Property Value/Return Value

Type: GUID

Specifies the GUID of media in the database.

Remarks

When a media is imported on the Media data type field of table record, the media is given a GUID and stored in the system table 2000000184 Tenant Media of the application database. The GUID is then included in the Media data type field as a reference to the media in the database.

Example

This example uses the MEDIAID function to get the GUID of the media object that is used on item number 1 in the a the table named My Items.

The example assumes that the My Items table already exists and has a Media data type field named Image.

This code requires you to create the following variables.

Variable name	DataType	Subtype
myItemRec	Record	My Items
imageID	GUID

This code requires you to create the following text constant.

Text constant	ConstValue
Text001	Item %1 has a media object with the following ID: %2

myItemRec.GET('1');  
    mediaGuid := myItemRec.Image.MEDIAID;  
    MESSAGE(Text000, myItemRec."No.", imageID);