Party_Agent
Party_Agent = 8
Example
procedure ScriptEvent(var Value: variant);
begin
Value := GetReferenceTableForPartyType(Party_Agent); // 'Party_Agent'
end;
Usage
Party_Agent provides deprecated Agent party-role alias value 8 used by legacy scripts, party tags and role helper functions.
Value
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Script type | LongInt |
| Numeric value | 8 |
| Preferred identifier | Type_Agent |
| Canonical text | Type_Agent_String = Agent |
| Database domain | Party_Type.Num and Party.TypeNum |
| Reference-table helper result | Party_Agent |
| Issue helper result | 1035 |
Additional Technical Info
Party_Agent is a deprecated compatibility alias for the Agent party role. Its fixed LongInt value is 8, identical to Type_Agent. Prefer the Type_* identifier in new or revised scripts, while retaining this alias only where legacy compatibility or a helper's documented party-role input requires it.
Reading the alias identifies a role. It does not look up a party, create a role-table record, change Party.TypeNum or validate a transaction.
Implementation
Current native source places Party_Agent in an explicitly deprecated block and registers it with PascalScript as 8. It also keeps this exact deprecated name in the numeric tag map, so <!Party_Agent!> expands to 8; preferred Type_Agent is registered separately with the same value.
GetReferenceTableForPartyType cases on Party_Agent and returns Party_Agent. GetIssueForPartyType cases on it and returns integer 1035. The text/number converters instead use preferred Type_Agent and Type_Agent_String.
A fresh VxData database seeds Party_Type value 8 as Agent, and Party.TypeNum references that table. The role-specific reference table is Party_Agent.
Behaviour
The alias and preferred identifier are numerically indistinguishable after evaluation. The reference-table helper returns a fixed table-name string; it does not open that table or return a dataset. The issue helper returns a fixed integer issue number; it does not create or persist an issue.
Edge cases and quirks
- There is no
Party_Agent_Stringalias. UseType_Agent_Stringfor canonical text and the preferred converters. - Despite deprecation, current product helpers and the tag map still refer to
Party_*names. Deprecation therefore means "prefer the replacement for authoring", not "currently unavailable". - The generated index lacks a deprecation flag even though native source marks the family deprecated.
- Party-role numbers overlap many other numeric families. PascalScript does not retain the domain after evaluation.
GetIssueForPartyTypereturns an integer such as1035, whereas the exposedIxxxxissue-code constants are strings. Do not substitute one representation without checking the receiving API.
Side effects
Reading Party_Agent, comparing it or expanding its tag has no I/O or state-changing effect. The two helpers are fixed in-process case mappings and do not query the database.
Errors
Reading the alias does not raise an error. An unsupported party-role number makes GetReferenceTableForPartyType return Unknown and makes GetIssueForPartyType return its generic fallback 1029; this page's value uses the recognised branch.
Performance and concurrency
This is an immutable compiled value. Access, tag lookup and the fixed helper cases are constant-time for practical purposes and carry no shared mutable role state.
Remarks
The example is source-reviewed and non-destructive. Treat the returned table name as reference metadata; it does not authorise arbitrary SQL or prove that a matching row exists.
Related entries
Type_Agentis the preferred numeric identifier.Type_Agent_Stringis the canonical role text.GetReferenceTableForPartyTypereturns a fixed role-table name.GetIssueForPartyTypereturns the role-specific issue number.GetPartyTypeNumandGetPartyTypeCodeuse preferred identifiers.