This document covers the following topics:
Collection of the development objects currently open in a data area editor window. This collection comprises the following development object types: local data area, parameter data area and global data area. The types are identified by a numeric ID. The IDs of predefined types are described in the section Predefined Node Types.
The following properties are available:
Used to navigate to the parent interface of this interface.
| Natural Data Format | Variant Type | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| HANDLE OF OBJECT | VT_DISPATCH (INatAutoObjects) | Get only |
Used to navigate to the root interface.
| Natural Data Format | Variant Type | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| HANDLE OF OBJECT | VT_DISPATCH (INatAutoStudio) | Get only |
The number of development objects currently open in a data area editor window.
| Natural Data Format | Variant Type | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| I4 | VT_I4 | Get only |
The following methods are available:
Returns a specific development object from the collection.
| Name | Natural Data Format | Variant Type | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return value | HANDLE OF OBJECT | VT_DISPATCH (INatAutoDataArea) | |
| Index |
I4 |
VT_I4 |
|
| Type | I4 | VT_I4 | Optional |
| Library | A | VT_BSTR | Optional |
- Return value
The development object identified by the value specified in Index.
- Index
Identifies a specific development object in the collection. This can be either the index of the development object in the collection (a value between 1 and Count) or the name of the object.
- Type
Used to identify a specific object by name (specified in Index) and type (specified in Type).
- Library
Used to identify a specific object by name (specified in Index), type (specified in Type) and library (specified in Library).
Creates a new (untitled) development object and opens it in a data area editor window.
| Name | Natural Data Format | Variant Type | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return value | HANDLE OF OBJECT | VT_DISPATCH (INatAutoDataArea) | |
| Type | I4 | VT_I4 | |
| Visible | L | VT_BOOL | Optional |
- Return value
The newly created development object.
- Type
The type of the object to create.
- Visible
Decides if the editor is opened visible or not. By default, the editor is opened visible.
Opens an existing development object in a data area editor window.
| Name | Natural Data Format | Variant Type | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return value | HANDLE OF OBJECT | VT_DISPATCH (INatAutoDataArea) | |
| Type | I4 | VT_I4 | |
| Name | A | VT_BSTR | |
| Library | A | VT_BSTR | Optional |
| Visible | L | VT_BOOL | Optional |
- Return value
The newly opened development object.
- Type
The type of the object to open.
- Name
The name of the object to open.
- Library
The library of the object to open.
- Visible
Decides if the editor is opened visible or not. By default, the editor is opened visible.