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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
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
object retrieved from
the collection.
collObject
collection object to
be acted on.
index
A Long type specifying the ordinal
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.
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.