ISMemo.GetParentForm

Description

This function returns the parent form of the specified memo control.

Syntax

object.GetParentForm( [aFormTypeName])

Part	Attribute	Type	Description
`object`	Required	ISMemo	The `object` always implements the ISMemo interface
`aFormTypeName`	Optional	string	The name of the form type

Return Value

ISProfileForm

Returns the parent form of the specified memo control.

Example

Display the short name of the form for the control and some information of all parent controls in the hierarchical tree starting from the specified memo control.

sub main()
  Dim aMemo
  Dim aMemoInfo
  Dim aForm

  Set aMemo = Form.Controls_("memComment")

  set aForm = aMemo.GetParentForm("TIVisualForm")
  aMemoInfo = "Form: " & aForm.ShortName  & vbNewLine & vbNewLine

  do while not aMemo is nothing
    aMemoInfo = aMemoInfo &_
      "ShortName: " & aMemo.ShortName & vbNewLine &_
      "TypeName: " & aMemo.TypeName & vbNewLine &_
      "---------" & vbNewLine
    set aMemo = aMemo.Parent
  loop  
  
  Profile.MsgBox(aMemoInfo)
end sub

Note: This macro should be executed in any event handler of the form control.

In Profile Client v8 on User Interface Parent Form can be found in Maintain > Templates > Health Record Collection Templates > Open the selected form template > Open form editor > Object Inspector.

Version information

Added in v7.8.0