Value

PROPERTY - Read Write

Parent Object - HL7MessageField

Name: Value(Optional nComponent = 1)

Parameters: 1. nComponent (Long) Which component value are you getting/setting

Data Type: String

Description: Get/Set the component value in a field component. Value is DYNAMICALLY allocated so calling oField.Value(25) = "Hello World" would automatically extend the size of the field to 25 components (the system supports up to 50 components per field).

How to set a component's value within a field. The following 3 examples ARE FUNCTIONALLY EQUIVALENT.

Example 1:

oField.Value(1) = "Smith"

oField.SubComponentValue(1, 1) = "Smith"

oField.RepeatValue(1, 1) = "Smith"

Example 2: Use .Value(0) to set the ENTIRE field's value at once

Dim sValue As String

sValue = "Smith^Mary^M~Jones^Mary^M"

oField.Value(0) = sValue

After Example 2, MaxComponent would be 3 and FieldRepeats would be 2. Assuming that the ComponentDelimiter is ^ and the RepeatDelimiter is ~