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MarcusH's avatar
MarcusH
Contributor III
2 years ago

Get member description in user's culture code

Does anyone know how to get the member description in the user's culture code?
Finance
  • ChristianW's avatar
    ChristianW
    2 years ago

    ok, you can access the descriptions with the memberinfo object:

     

    Dim MemberIdOfAccount As Integer = BRApi.Finance.Members.GetMemberId(si, DimTypeId.Account, "41010")
Dim test As MemberInfo = BRApi.Finance.Members.GetMemberInfo(si, DimTypeId.Account, MemberIdOfAccount,,,New MemberDisplayOptions(True,"en-US",True,False,False,False,False,0))

BRApi.ErrorLog.LogMessage(si, test.Descriptions("en-US").Description & " " & test.Descriptions("fr-FR").Description)

     

JackLacava's avatar
JackLacava
Honored Contributor

BRApi.Finance.Members.ReadMemberDescriptionsNoCache(si, dimTypeId, memberId) should give you all the descriptions, then you can loop through them. Each MemberDescription has a MemberDescriptionPK with a property for the language, i think.

MarcusH's avatar
MarcusH
Contributor III
2 years ago

ReadMemberDescriptionNoCache returns the list of aliases for the member (I've just tested it). If the member does not have an alias for a particular language it does not return anything. MemberDisplayOptions on the other hand returns the alias if it exists and the default value if there is no alias for the member which is what I want. Thank you for your time Jack. I will keep this in my little Rules bank.

  • ChristianW's avatar
    ChristianW
    Valued Contributor
    2 years ago

    Markus, you can use Jack's suggestion as well, I tested it and added a sample.

    • MarcusH's avatar
      MarcusH
      Contributor III
      2 years ago

      An hour ago I didn't know how to do it. Now I don't know which piece of code to use! Thank you Christian.

      • ChristianW's avatar
        ChristianW
        Valued Contributor
        2 years ago

        In the second sample the default is null and without a description it will create an error. You can code around it, but the first solution seams to be less complicated.