# Constant Data Column

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_Added August 2015_

**data=<text> **

This allows you to define the contents of a column that is constant for all rows. This is essentially just a shortcut to redundantly specifying the same text in every row of the data array, and is typically most useful for columns containing "buttons", such as a "delete item" button on any row. Aside from specifying the column contents in the Data=<text> clause, you must also set the _cpos_ and _cformat_ parameters to -1. 

For example, you can define a column of delete "buttons" as follows:

coldef += "-1~-1~Del~I~ImgSiz=16,16,24~ImgCount=1~Data=delete2::ashico1~ClickExit=-300,0~~"

**History**

2015 May, A-Shell 6.1.1410:  Added to A-Shell