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**Access Methods**

Although all of the properties of the RulesCollection class are PRIVATE, public access to these properties is provided by a set of methods:

**GetDescription() **returns a STRING containing the Description property

**GetErrorImage() **returns a STRING containing the ErrorImage property

**GetChangeControls() **returns a BYTE containing the ChangeControlsStatus property

**SetDescription( **string** **) sets the Description property

**SetErrorImage( **string** ) **sets the ErrorImage property

**SetChangeControls( **status** ) **sets the ChangeControlsStatus property

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| **Set**xxx**/Get**xxx | Sets or retrieves a property |
| //String// | A string constant, variable, EQUATE, or expression that contains a value appropriate to the property being set. |
| //status// | A Boolean constant, variable, EQUATE, or expression that contains either True or False. |

**Example:**

**  Customer.SetErrorImage('~BRuleNo.ico')**

**  Customer.SetDescription('Customer File Rules')**

**  Customer.AddRule('ShortNameRequired','Short name is required', |**

**                   'cus:ShortName <;<;> '''' OR CheckShortName()'  |**

**                   ,?cus:ShortName,3) **