Properties

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Properties

Every object contains Properties, which are used to save information about its features. For example, a Rectangle-type object contains a Name property, which stores its name, and the Width and Height properties, which store its width and height, respectively, among other properties.

This chapter lists all common properties of Elipse E3 objects. Each topic contains the name of the property, its description and, when applicable, an example of its usage. Properties are identified by an icon indicating the data type supported by their content. The available data types are described on the next table.

Available data types

Data Type

Description

Boolean Boolean

Represents True or False values

Collection Collection

Represents a collection of objects

Collection Item Collection Item

Represents an item on a collection of objects

Color Color

Represents a color in RGB format

Date and Time Date and Time

Represents a date in the Gregorian calendar (beginning in 1899)

Enumeration Enumeration

Represents a determined set of values

Font Font

Represents a font applied to a text

GUID GUID

Represents a GUID (Globally Unique Identifier) value

Indexed Property Indexed Property

Represents a property whose values can be accessed by an index

Link Link

Represents a link between objects

Number Number

Represents an integer or Double value, positive or negative, to be defined by the property

Picture Picture

Represents an image in BMP, EMF, GIF, ICO, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, or WMF format

Text Text

Represents a text

Variant Variant

Represents a variable value, which can assume several formats

 

Some properties can propagate their values to the same property in their child objects. In this case, they are called propagating properties. Users can, however, force a child object's property to behave in a different way.

 

NOTE

Elipse E3 uses the Himetric system to define coordinates and widths. In this system, each logical unit is equivalent to a thousandth centimeter, that is, 1,000 units are equivalent to one centimeter. Thus, this is the standard adopted when describing Elipse E3 properties, when applicable.

 

The available properties on this section are the following:

Application

Count

DocString

ExposeToOpc

IsObjectActive

Links

Name

ObjectEvents

Parent

PathContainer

PathName

PathVolume

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