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Latest revision as of 14:11, 13 July 2026

GetParent
Gets the owner of the component 
- HANDLE Current
The component to find the parent of 
- 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)