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Chapter 5 - Collection Manager / Collection Manager Reference

Functions / Getting and Setting the Default Attributes for a Collection

GetCollectionDefaultAttributes

You use the GetCollectionDefaultAttributes function to examine the default attributes of a collection object.

long GetCollectionDefaultAttributes(Collection source);

source

A reference to the collection object whose default attributes you want to determine.

function result

A long word containing the bit flags that make up the collection's default attributes.

DESCRIPTION

The GetCollectionDefaultAttributes function returns as its function result the default attributes of the collection object referenced by the source parameter.

SEE ALSO

For information about default attributes for collection objects, see "Collection Attributes" beginning on page 5-9.

For information about attribute-related data types and enumerations, see page 5-49 through page 5-53.

To change the attributes of a collection object, use the SetCollectionDefaultAttributes function, which is described in the next section.

To examine the attributes of a specific item in a collection, use the functions described in "Getting Information About a Collection Item" beginning on page 5-76.