How to access the value of a field of the current node in Drupal?

What is the properties for a Field in MS Access to input barcodes?

• Hello Yahoo Peeps, I need the Field Properties for a Field in MS Access. I want to input BARCODES in an ACCESS FIELD with a FIELD SIZE of 13 characters. At all times it should remain as a NUMBER. I also want it to be a CUSTOM FORMAT (for example 0 value should display as 0000000000000 and a 500 value should display as 0000000000500 at all times) PLEASE HELP! :-)

• Answer:

  When creating a field in a table, you will have to choose between a number format (which cannot limit the field size) and text (which can limit the field size). I suggest creating the field as a number (long integer) and applying your formatting requirements through a form. Although you cannot apply input mask formatting to a number field, you might like to investigate vba code options which can alter the way the number appears when viewed in a form. There are built-in functions for string manipulation, like CStr() which can convert your number to a string of text characters, Len() which counts the existing characters in the string, and String() which can create a string of repeating characters (like zero) to add to the front of the converted number. Alternatively, you may find yourself stuck with using a text field to achieve what you want.