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EnclosingObjects ( _objectName )

not recursive. A list of all enclosing objects of a layout object.

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Fabrice Nordmann - Show more from this author 1-more-thing https://www.1-more-thing.com

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/* EnclosingObjects (_objectName ) by Fabrice Nordmann v.1, Dec 2007 returns the list of all enclosing objects of a layout object, in reverse order. (smallest first) Requires Agnès Barouh's CustomList http://www.briandunning.com/cf/747 Not recursive */ Let ( $x = _objectName ; CustomList ( 1 ; ValueCount ( LayoutObjectNames ( Get ( FileName ) ; Get ( LayoutName ))) ; "case ( not isempty ( $x ) ; getlayoutobjectattribute ( $x ; \"enclosingobject\" ) & let([ $x = getlayoutobjectattribute ( $x ; \"enclosingobject\" )];\"\"))" ) ) Click to copy

Requires Agnès Barouh's CustomList.
Returns all the enclosing objects of an object.

 

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