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DECIMALS Attribute

Indicates the number of decimal places, after the decimal point, that are stored for a buffer-field object that corresponds to a DECIMAL field. If the value of DECIMALS is nonzero, Progress rounds off any source that you assign to BUFFER-VALUE to the specified number of decimal places before completing the assignment. Otherwise, the assignment executes without rounding off the source value.

NOTE: Progress determines the number of decimal places to display, as opposed to store, from the FORMAT attribute (not the DECIMALS attribute) of the buffer-field.

Data Type: INTEGER

Access: Readable

Applies To: Buffer-field Object Handle


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