Frame Class: _getSelf

Frame Class: _getSelf

Returns the object whose method is the current frame

Syntax
Details

Syntax

objectName._getSelf( selfID );

Argument Type Use Description

selfID Numeric Update returns the identifier of the current object or returns zero

Argument	Type	Use	Description
selfID	Numeric	Update	returns the identifier of the current object or returns zero

Details

When a method on an object X is a FRAME entry rather than an SCL entry, the _getSelf method returns that object's identifier when the frame is executing. Normally, the object's identifier is available in the special variable _SELF_; this is true for the SCL attached to the FRAME entry, for example. However, if you have subclassed the Frame class and overridden one or more of the Frame class methods, when those methods execute, _SELF_ becomes the identifier of the frame, not the previous object. Use _getSelf to get the object identifier for object X.

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