# How do I display metadata in my form

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**Created:** [July 19, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-display-metadata-in-my-form/266377 "2008-07-19T01:50:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-display-metadata-in-my-form/266377/1 "2008-07-19T01:50:36Z")

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I am designing a Windows Forms application in Visual C#2008 Express. My main DOCS table contains several integer type fields that refer to various types of metadata. For example, I have a Status field that may contain the integer 39 which is the ID of the metadata item called “Active” stored in my metadata table.

How do I display the word “Active” instead of the integer 39 on my Windows forms? I may want to display this in a grid column, a textbox, or even a label. I have several different integer fields in my DOCS table that represent different metadata that is stored in my METADATA table. I will need to use this functionality all through my application.

Thank you.

Slider.