ISDATE String Function

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CALENDAR Function

Use: Displays a calendar for the user to select a date. Syntax: {CALENDAR( «calling field» , «do listpick» , «default» , «caption» )} Arguments: «calling field» (optional) The name of the field that receives the date value, or for a list pick event, the template field that the pick is made from«do listpick» (optional) 1 = true 0 = false«default» Default value displayed in the calendar when it opens. NextGen Healthcare recommends that you use the field that receives the date value as the default value. If this field already contains a date, the calendar displays that date when it opens. If the field is blank, the calendar displays the current date when it opens. If a user opens the calendar but then clicks the Cancel button or the Close window X button, the following results apply: If the field was blank, it remains blank; if the field has an existing value, that value is retained. Note: If you use the @Today function as the default value, the current date is entered in the receiving fi

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ATTRIB Function

Use: Returns a particular Field attribute setting for passed in field name. Syntax: {ATTRIB( «name» , «field» )} Arguments: «name» Field attribute setting«field» Field name Returns: The particular field attribute setting. Example: {ATTRIB("KBM.CodifyField", {master_im.fieldvalue} )} Result: Returns True or False Parent topic: Functions

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CODETABLE Database Function

Use: Displays the description for a given code and code type from the code_tables table. Syntax: {CODETABLE( «code» , «type»)} Arguments: «code» Code used to find the description (code_tables.code)«type» Type of code (code_tables.code_type) Note: Use the code type from the codes_table; do not use the code displayed in File Maintenance. You can query the code_tables in SQL Server to find the code and type in the format you need to enter. Returns: The description from the code_tables table. Example: Fields = txt_code, txt_type{template_name_.txt_code} = M{template_name_.txt_type} = mar_status{CODETABLE( {template_name_.txt_code}, {template_name_.txt_type})} Result: Married Parent topic: Functions

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REPEAT String Function

Use: Repeats a string a specified number of times Syntax: {REPEAT( «string» , «num»)} Arguments: «string» String value to repeat«num» Number of times to repeat Returns: A string of the repeated substrings Example: {REPEAT( XYZ , 3)} Result: XYZXYZXYZ Parent topic: Functions

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RIGHT String Function

Use: Extracts the specified rightmost characters in a character string Syntax: {RIGHT( «string» , «num» )} Arguments: «string» Character string to be evaluated«num» Number of characters from the right to return Returns: The specified number of characters on the right in the character string Example: Field = txt_field{template_name_.txt_field} = John Shaw{RIGHT( {template_name_.txt_field}, 4 )} Result: Shaw Parent topic: Functions

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ASSIGN Function

Use: Assigns the source value to a list of destination parameters (fields and/or variables). Syntax: {ASSIGN( «source» , «dest1», «dest2»,,,, )} Arguments: {source} Source value«dest1» Field or variable to be assigned the source value«dest2»,,,, (to «destn») Each additional field or variable to be assigned the source value Returns: The source value Example: Source value = ""dest1 = template_name_.field1dest2 = template_name_.field 2dest3 = @variable1{ASSIGN( "" , template_name_.field1 , template_name_.field2 , @variable1)} Result: An empty value is assigned to the destination fields and variable. Parent topic: Functions

Use:	Determines if the provided parameter is a valid date.
Syntax:	`{ISDATE(<<date>>)}`
Arguments:	`<<date>> Date is either a date field or a string in the format "YYYYMMDD"`
Returns:	1 = If the input is valid date 0 = If the input is not valid date
Example:	`{table.date_field} = "08/39/2016" {ISDATE(table.date_field)}` Result: 0

ISDATE String Function

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