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OpenLNS Programmer's Reference

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LonMarkObjects

collection by passing its index (ordinal

position) within that collection as the argument for the Item

property. Index values start at 1. You can also retrieve a

LonMarkObject

object in

LonMarkObjects

collections that

contain objects with the Name property by passing the

object’s name as a string expression

Availability

Local, full, lightweight, and independent clients. Note that

some objects containing this property are not available to

Independent clients.

Syntax

retrievedObject = collObject.Item(index)

retrievedObject = collObject.Item(stringExpression)

Element

Description

retrievedObject

The

LonMarkObject

object retrieved

from the collection.

collObject

The

LonMarkObjects

collection object to

be acted on.

index

A Long type specifying the ordinal

index of the

LonMarkObject

object to be

retrieved.

stringExpression A string type specifying the name of the

LonMarkObject

object to be retrieved.

Data Type

Object.

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.

Parent

Summary

Returns the object that spawned the current child object.

Availability

Local, full, lightweight, and independent clients. Note that

some collection objects are not available to Independent

clients.

Syntax

parentObject = object.Parent

Element

Description

parentObject

The object that is the parent of the

specified object.

object

Any object for which the parent is

desired.

Data Type

Object.

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.

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