How to Get Labels for Custom Names Fields

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How to Get Labels for Custom Names Fields (8/13/96)

Q: The Names application allows the user to add custom fields. If I have a specific entry, the cardfile method bcCustomFields returns the labels and values of the custom fields used in the entry. Is there a way to get a list of all the custom fields the user has defined?

A: Yes, you can pass 'customFields to the names soup method GetInfo. This will return a frame of all the custom fields the user has defined. Each slot in this frame will have a frame with a 'label slot. Each 'label slot will be a string specified by the user. Here is an example:
    GetStores()[0]:GetSoup(ROM_CardFileSoupName):GetInfo('customFields)

...which returns:
{custom1: {label: "Customer Label"}, 
 custom2: {label: "Another label"}}