EventFormatter.SetElement Method (Name, String)

EventFormatterSetElement Method (Name, String)

Sets the element with the specified 'name' within the current element to the specified 'value'. The behavior of this function is undefined if 'value' is 'null'. Note that this function is not intended for publication of null values; uses SetElementNull(Name) instead.

Namespace: Bloomberglp.Blpapi
Assembly: Bloomberglp.Blpapi (in Bloomberglp.Blpapi.dll) Version: 3.24.11.1

Syntax

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public void SetElement(
	Name name,
	string value
)

Public Sub SetElement ( 
	name As Name,
	value As String
)

public:
void SetElement(
	Name^ name, 
	String^ value
)

member SetElement : 
        name : Name * 
        value : string -> unit

Parameters

name: Type: Bloomberglp.BlpapiName
The name of the subfield.
value: Type: SystemString
The value to be set.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
InvalidOperationException	The operating stack is empty.
NotFoundException	The schema does not identify a 'name' sub-element of the current sequence or choice element, or the element identified by 'name' has already been set.
NotSupportedException	The current element in the stack is not a sequence or choice.
InvalidConversionException	'value' cannot be converted to the type specified by the schema for the 'name' sub-element.

Reference

EventFormatter Class

SetElement Overload

Bloomberglp.Blpapi Namespace