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OpenLNS Programmer's Reference 290
Element Description
returnValue The number of objects in the collection
as a long integer.
object The collection object to be acted on.
Data Type Long.
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.
Item
Summary Returns a DeviceTemplate object from the DeviceTemplates
collection. You can retrieve a DeviceTemplate object from its
DeviceTemplates 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
DeviceTemplate object in a DeviceTemplates collections 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 DeviceTemplate object retrieved
from the collection.
collObject The DeviceTemplates collection object to
be acted on.
index A Long type specifying the ordinal
index of the object to be retrieved.
stringExpression A string type specifying the name of the
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. The
parent object is determined by the means in which a child
object is accessed, not by the OpenLNS Object hierarchy.