ISPatientLookupItem.Description

Description

The full names of the patients who were loaded on the basis of the selected Lookup Parameter.

Syntax

object.Description

Part	Attribute	Type	Description
`object`	Required	ISPatientLookupItem	The `object` always implements the ISPatientLookupItem interface

Restriction: This property is readonly.

Return Value

string

Example

Display the number of the patients loaded on the basis of the selected Lookup Parameter and their full names.

Dim aParam
Dim aList
Dim aPatientLookupItem
Dim aLookupType 
Dim aMessage 

Set aParam = Profile.MakePatientLookupParam 'ISPatientLookupParam
aParam.Index = 1 'smppiFileNum
aParam.Value = 9108
aLookupType = 23 'patient lookup 
set aList = Profile.LoadLookupList2(aLookupType, aParam)  'ISPatientLookupItem collection

aMessage = "Patients Count = " & aList.Count & vbNewLine & vbNewLine  

for each aPatientLookupItem in aList 

  aMessage = aMessage &_
    "Name: " & aPatientLookupItem.Description & vbNewLine    
  
next
  
Profile.MsgBox(aMessage)

Note:

In Profile Client v8 on User Interface Last Name can be found in Patient > Alter Patient > General > Last Name field, First Name can be found in Patient > Alter Patient > General > First Names field.

Version information

Added in v7.8.0