GetChildEntity

Description

Returns the Entity object that is the child (duplicate) in a pair of linked Entity objects.

Syntax

VBScript

link.GetChildEntity 

Perl

$link->GetChildEntity(); 

Identifier

Description

link

A Link object, which connects a parent and child Entity object to each other.

Return value

The Entity object that is the child (duplicate).

Examples

VBScript

originalID = GetDisplayName   

If HasDuplicates Then

duplicateLinkList = GetDuplicates

' Output the IDs of the parent/child records
Dim duplicateObj
   For Each duplicateLink In duplicateLinkList 
      set duplicateObj = duplicateLink.GetChildEntity 
      duplicateID = duplicateObj.GetDisplayName 
      OutputDebugString "Parent ID:" & originalID & _ 
            " child Id:" & duplicateID 
   Next 

End if 

Perl

$originalID = $entity->GetDisplayName();

if ($entity->HasDuplicates())

 {

   $duplicateLinkList = $entity->GetDuplicates();

   # Find out how many duplicates there
   # are so the for loop can iterate them. 
   # Output the IDs of the parent/child records

   $numdups = $duplicateLinkList->Count();

   for ($x = 0; $x < $numdups ; $x++)

  {

   $duplicateLink = $duplicateLinkList->Item($x);
   $duplicateObj = $duplicateLink->GetChildEntity();
   $duplicateID = $duplicateObj->GetDisplayName();
   $session->OutputDebugString("Parent ID:".$originalID." child
       Id:"$duplicateID);

  }

 }