ISPatientVers.PreferredName

Description

The patient's preferred name in the selected patient version.

Syntax

object.PreferredName

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

Restriction: This property is readonly.

Return Value

string

Example

Display the patient's preferred name in the selected patient version.

Dim aPatient  
Dim aPatientVers
Dim aMessage  

Set aPatient = Profile.SelectPatient
set aPatientVers = aPatient.VersionOnDate(#01/01/2019#)

if aPatientVers is nothing then
  aMessage = "There are no patient versions for this date!"
    
else 

  aMessage = aMessage & vbNewLine &_  
   "On 01/01/2019 the preferred name of the patient was " &_ 
   aPatientVers.PreferredName & ", now the preferred name of the patient is " &_ 
   aPatient.PreferredName
  
end if

Profile.MsgBox(aMessage)

Note:

In Profile Client v8 on User Interface Preferred Name can be found in Patient > Alter Patient > General > Show Versions > Personal > Preferred field.

Version information

Added in v7.8.0