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OpenLNS Programmer's Reference 22
Comments 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).
Index
Summary Returns the index within an application device of the
network variable alias.
Availability Local, full, and lightweight clients.
Syntax index = object.Index
Element Description
object The object to be acted on.
index Index of the message tag or network
variable.
Valid Values Property Values
Message tags 0–14
Neuron-hosted
applications
0–62
Host-based
applications
0–8,191
msg_in
message tag
MSG_IN_TAG (-2)
Data Type Integer.
Read/Write Read only.
Added to API Prior to LNS Release 3.0.
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