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OpenLNS Programmer's Reference 948
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.
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.
Reason
Summary Indicates the reason the external interface component
represented by the UpgradeInfo o bject was retained or
removed during the external interface upgrade .
You can use the Status property to determine whether the
external interface component represented by this property
was removed or preserved in the new external interface.
Availability Local, full, and lightweight clients.
Syntax reasonValue = uiObject. Reason
Element Description
reasonValue An enumerated value indicating the
reason this external interface component
was preserved or deleted.
The enumerated values for this element,
which are contained in the ConstUpgrade
Reason constant, are as follows:
1 lcaUgRsType
The external interface component was
preserved because it matched the type of a
component in the new external interface
(it is the same type of component, has the
same direction [if a network variable], the
same size, and so on). External interface