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OpenLNS Programmer's Reference 362
Syntax altNameCount = fsObject. AltFormatNamesCount
Element Description
altNameCount The number of alternate formats
contained in the AltFormatName
property.
fsObject The FormatSpec object to be acted on.
Data Type Long.
Read/Write Read only.
Added to API LNS Release 3.0.
ClassId
Summary Identifies the object class of this object.
This property allows the object type to be determined when it
is unknown (for example, when the object was accessed using
the Parent property of another object).
Availability Local, full, lightweight, and independent clients. Note that
some objects containing this property are not available to
Independent clients.
Syntax classIdValue = object.ClassId
Element Description
classIdValue The object class of the object. The
following value is defined for the
FormatSpec object in the ConstClassIds
constant:
73 lcaClassIdFormatSpec
object The object to be acted on.
Data Type Integer.
Read/Write Read only.
Added to API Depends on the object used to access the property. Generally,
this property exists for an object as soon as the object is
added to the API.
FormatName
Summary Sets the name of the type to use when displaying the
FormattedValue property of the DataPoint or
NvMonitorPointDataPoint object using this FormatSpec.
If the FormatSpec object’s FormatType property is set to
lcaFormatTypeNv (1), OpenLNS will use the Index
property to determine the type associated with the
FormatSpec object. In this case, the FormatName property
has no effect.
The FormatName property will only be used if the