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.

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

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

fieldvalue

The value of the field.

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

Example
See Also

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
"The hidden power of Profile documents" on the Lotus Developer Domain

Glossary