Difference between revisions of "API Component.GetParent"

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* Declare a variable 'result' of type HANDLE
 
* Declare a variable 'result' of type HANDLE
 
* Add to a calculation icon: <pre class="brush:[cpp]">result = ::Component.GetParent(current)</pre>
 
* Add to a calculation icon: <pre class="brush:[cpp]">result = ::Component.GetParent(current)</pre>
 
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Latest revision as of 11:54, 16 January 2023

Fc9-comp-macro.png GetParent
Gets the owner of the component 
Fc9-h32-icon.png - HANDLE Current
The component to find the parent of 
Fc9-h32-icon.png - HANDLE Return


Detailed description

This call will return the immediate parent of the component in the component tree.


Note the parent of an object is not always a compiled component, and may be a group or in some circumstances even a built-in shape or text object.


Examples

Calling in a calculation

  • Declare a variable 'result' of type HANDLE
  • Add to a calculation icon:
    result = ::Component.GetParent(current)