In a column formula, returns a specified string if any item in the row of a view is defined as a category.

Syntax

@IsCategory
@IsCategory( trueString )
@IsCategory( trueString ; falseString )

Parameters

trueString

Text. A string to return if an item in the view row is a category.

Text. A string to return if no item in the row is a category.

specifiedString

Text.

No parameters:

• * (asterisk) indicates that the entry is a category
• If the entry is a document, returns nothing
Single trueString parameter:
• Returns trueString instead of *
Both trueString and falseString parameters
• Return trueString instead of *
• Return falseString instead of nothing

Use @IsCategory only in column formulas.

This function only looks at the columns to its right, so be sure to place it to the left of the categorized column to which you are referring.

This function does not work in Web applications running version 4.5.

Example
See Also

Window title and column formula @functions
"Taking your Domino applications to the Web" on the Lotus Developer Domain

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