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This method returns a ScreenField object that is a deep copy of the method object. Since a ScreenField cannot exist without its underlying Screen, however, a ScreenField is deep copyable only, and no Copy method exists for a ScreenField. For more information about copyability, see [[Copying Objects]].
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This method returns a ScreenField object that is a deep copy of the method object. Since a ScreenField cannot exist without its underlying Screen, however, a ScreenField is deep copyable only, and no Copy method exists for a ScreenField. For more information about copyability, see “[[Copying Objects]]”.
==Syntax==
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===Syntax terms===
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==Usage Notes==
==Usage notes==


The method object (%screen) may be null. The output of a copy of a null object is a null object.
The method object (%screen) may be null. The output of a copy of a null object is a null object.
==See also==
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Revision as of 20:16, 18 March 2011

Return a deep copy of a screenfield object (ScreenField class)


This method returns a ScreenField object that is a deep copy of the method object. Since a ScreenField cannot exist without its underlying Screen, however, a ScreenField is deep copyable only, and no Copy method exists for a ScreenField. For more information about copyability, see “Copying Objects”.

Syntax

%outSfield = sfield:DeepCopy

Syntax terms

%outsfield
A declared ScreenField object.
%sfield
A reference to an instance of a ScreenField object.

Usage notes

The method object (%screen) may be null. The output of a copy of a null object is a null object.

See also