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OpenLNS Programmer's Reference 500
InputFormatSpec
Summary Contains the FormatSpec object used to determine the format
for incoming messages for this MsgMonitorPoint object .
The FormatSpec object contained within this property is not
passed by reference. If you modify the values assigned to the
properties of a local FormatSpec object, you must then
explicitly assign the modified FormatSpec object back to the
InputFormatSpec property of the MsgMonitorPoint for the
changes to take effect. This following code sample
demonstrates this procedure:
Set fsObject =
msgMonitorPointObject.InputFormatSpec
fsObject.AltFormatName = "SNVT_temp_f#SI"
Set msgMonitorPointObject.InputFormatSpec =
fsObject
Availability Local, full, lightweight, and independent clients. Note that
temporary MonitorSet objects and temporary monitor points
are not available on Independent clients.
Syntax fsObject = msgMpObject.InputFormatSpec
Element Description
fsObject The FormatSpec object used to interpret
incoming messages.
msgMpObject The MsgMonitorPoint object to be acted
on.
Data Type FormatSpec .
Read/Write Read/write.
Added to API LNS Release 3.0.
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.