ArcObjects Library Reference (GeoDatabase)  

IField.VarType Property

The VARTYPE of the field (e.g. VT_I4).

[Visual Basic .NET]
Public ReadOnly Property VarType As Integer
[C#]
public int VarType {get;}
[C++]
HRESULT get_VarType(
  long* VarType
);
[C++]

Parameters

VarType [out, retval]   VarType is a parameter of type long

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Description

Returns an Integer indicating the subtype of a variable.

Remarks

The following is a list of the VARTYPE constants that can be returned from this property.
Field type VarType

esriFieldTypeSmallInteger

esriFieldTypeInteger

esriFieldTypeSingle

esriFieldTypeDouble

esriFieldTypeString

esriFieldTypeDate

esriFieldTypeOID

esriFieldTypeGeometry

esriFieldTypeBlob

esriFieldTypeRaster

esriFieldTypeGUID

esriFieldTypeGlobalID

2

3

4

5

8

7

3

13

13

13

8

8

See Also

IField Interface

.NET Related Topics

Working with fields