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added to the API.

Item

Summary

Returns a Network object from a Networks collection. You can

retrieve a Network object from its Networks collection by

passing its index (ordinal position) within that Networks

collection as the argument for the Item property. Index

values start at 1. You can also retrieve a Network object in

Networks 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

Network

object retrieved from the

collection.

collObject

The

Networks

collection object to be

acted on.

index

A Long type specifying the ordinal

index of the

Network

object to be

retrieved.

stringExpression A string type specifying the name of the

Network

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.