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<tr><th>%number</th><td>The generation number associated with name. This is a positive integer (initially set to 1) that increases by one each time the name object is updated. gen is set to 0 if the method encounters a problem and cannot retrieve the object.</td></tr>
<tr><th>%number</th><td>The generation number associated with name. This is a positive integer (initially set to 1) that increases by one each time the name object is updated. gen is set to 0 if the method encounters a problem and cannot retrieve the object.</td></tr>
<tr><th><var>%(System)</var></th>
<tr><th><var>%(System)</var></th>
<td>The class name in parentheses denotes a [[Notation conventions for methods#Shared methods|shared]] method. <var>GetObject</var> can also be invoked via a <var>System</var> class object variable, which may be <var>Null</var>.</td></tr>
<td>The class name in parentheses denotes a [[Notation conventions for methods#Shared methods and constructors|shared]] method. <var>GetObject</var> can also be invoked via a <var>System</var> class object variable, which may be <var>Null</var>.</td></tr>
<tr><th>string</th>
<tr><th>string</th>
<td>The string name by which the system-wide object is identified.</td></tr>
<td>The string name by which the system-wide object is identified.</td></tr>

Revision as of 17:56, 14 July 2011

Get a system-wide object (System class)

The GetObject shared method retrieves a copy of a specified "system-wide object".

Syntax

[%number =] %(System):GetObject( string, object)

Syntax terms

%numberThe generation number associated with name. This is a positive integer (initially set to 1) that increases by one each time the name object is updated. gen is set to 0 if the method encounters a problem and cannot retrieve the object.
%(System) The class name in parentheses denotes a shared method. GetObject can also be invoked via a System class object variable, which may be Null.
string The string name by which the system-wide object is identified.
object The object variable to which the system-wide object is assigned.

See also