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IBM Lotus Domino Designer 8.5
  Versions 8.5 and 8.5.1






@GetProfileField

Retrieves a field from a profile document, and caches the field value for the remainder of the session.

Syntax

@GetProfileField( profilename ; fieldname; uniqueKey )

Parameters

profilename

Text. The name of the profile document that contains the field you want to access.

fieldname

Text. The name of the field you want to access.

uniqueKey

Text. Optional. The unique key that identifies a profile document.

Return value

fieldvalue

The value of the field.

Usage

This function does not work in column, hide-when, section editor, or view selection formulas. You can use it in toolbar buttons or agents.

You can use this function on the Web. Use @SetProfileField to create a profile document in a Web application. If no profile document by the name specified as the first parameter to @SetProfileField exists, Notes creates one. This function enables you to access the fields in that profile document.

Language cross-reference

FieldGetText method of LotusScript NotesUIDocument class

GetItemValue method of LotusScript NotesDocument class

getItemValue method of Java Document class

See examples

Examples: @GetProfileField
Related topics
Profile forms
@SetProfileField
EditProfile @Command
EditProfileDocument @Command
@Functions with ECL security
Accessing data outside the current document and database
Getting and setting environment variables
"Anatomy of a Domino e-commerce Web site (Part 3)" on the Lotus Developer Domain




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Last updated: Monday, October 5, 2009