Name, Parent – Echelon OpenLNS User Manual

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Name

Summary

Specifies the name of an object as a character string. This

property is case sensitive. Searches by name must match

case.
This property can be a maximum of 85 characters long, but it

may not contain the forward slash (/), back slash (\), period

(.), and colon (:) characters.

Availability

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

some objects that contain this property are not available to

Independent clients.

Syntax

stringValue = object.Name

Element

Description

stringValue

The name of the object.

object

The object to be acted on.

Data Type

String.

Read/Write

Read/write.

Added to API

Depends on the object used to access the property. Generally,

this property exists for the objects listed above as soon as

they are added to the API.

Parent

Summary

Returns the object that spawned the current child object.
The parent object is determined by the means in which a

child object is accessed, not by the OpenLNS Object

hierarchy.

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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