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Getting Objects and Object Information

The following methods are used to get objects and object information:

• getDBFields(String handle)
  Gets DBFields that can be used in the report and returns a mapping name array.
• getControlFields(String handle, String name)
  Gets fields that control property values at runtime.
• getFormulae(String handle)
  Gets formulas that can be used in the report and returns a mapping name array.
• getSummaries(String handle)
  Gets summaries that can be used in the report and returns a mapping name array.
• getParameter()
  Gets parameters in the catalog and returns a mapping name array.
• getQueries()
  Gets queries in the catalog and returns a mapping name array.
• getQueryName(String handle)
  Gets the query name of a report.
• getProcedures()
  Gets stored procedures in the catalog and returns a mapping name array.
• getSections(String handle, boolean visible), getSections(String handle)
  Gets handles of sections in a report.
• getGroups(String handle)
  Gets handles of groups in a report.
• public GroupInfo[] getGroupInfo(String handle)
  Gets the group information in a report.
• public ReportSortInfogetReportSortInfo(String handle)
  Gets the sort information of a report.
• public SortInfo[] getSortInfo(java.lang.String handle)
  Gets the sort information of a group.
• getSQLs()
  Gets the SQLs in the catalog.
• getUDS()
  Gets the UDSs in the catalog.
• getViews()
  Gets the viewss in the catalog.
• getObjectType(String handle)
  Gets the type information of an object.
• getObjectInfo(String handle)
  Gets the handle of an object in a report.
• getInstanceName(String handle)
  Gets the instance name of an object, and returns the instance name. If it fails, it will return null.
• getClassType(String handle)
  Gets the class type of an object and returns one of the class type values that are defined in the Designer class. If an error or a warning occurs, it will return UNKNOWN.

Parameters

• handle - Object handle.
• name - The property name.
• visible - A Boolean type parameter which specifies that the section is visible.

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