C# Retrieving field data type from a FeatureLayer/Class

MikeRatcliffe

I want to parse user input through a field data type converter (if...else if) so that I don't get a "Data Type Mismatch" from my QueryFilter/SpatialQueryFilter.  However, I'm having trouble retrieving the actual field data type from the FeatureLayer or FeatureClass.  I can get to the Field name for the query, but not the data type (Text, Int, Double, Long, etc...).

MikeRatcliffe

This is where I ended up...

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public async void MnlSrchCmbobx_SelectionChangeCommitted(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var attfn = MnlSrchCmbobx.Text;    //string choice from combobox (search field)
Form1.GVar.ms_attfn = attfn;          //string to global variable  

await ActMap();                               //active map checker

Map map = MapView.Active.Map;

var srch_lyr = map.FindLayers(lyr).FirstOrDefault() as FeatureLayer;       //layer locator from "lyr" in activemap TOC

await QueuedTask.Run(() =>
{

TableDefinition srch_FCD = srch_lyr.GetTable().GetDefinition();      //table definition of featurelayer

var Find_Fld = srch_FCD.FindField(attfn);                                      //find the search field index

var Get_Flds = srch_FCD.GetFields();                                          //get the readonly collection of fields from the table

Field ms_field = Get_Flds.ElementAt(Find_Fld);                         //Field object: via search field index from collection

var FldTp = ms_field.FieldType.ToString();                                 //get fieldtype as a string

Form1.GVar.ms_v_datatype = FldTp;                                       //assign fieldtype to global variable

});

AsetSrchFldDTLbl.Text = Form1.GVar.ms_v_datatype;        //test output on sub-form to a label.
}

Thanks, Rich and Uma.