Getting Template Name or id from an Instance

[tkswathik]

Is it possible to get the corresponding template name or Id of an Instance through the Automation Interface? My goal is to be able to find out if a property is overridden in the template

My code snippet is 

InstanceFullName = "ParentGroup.InstanceName"

Set obj = server.FindObject(InstanceFullName)

TemplateId = obj.TemplateId

InstanceId = obj.InstanceId

I see that TemplateId is always 0 but InstanceId gives me the Id of ParentGroup if ParentGroup is another Template Instance otherwise I get 0

Eventually I would like to execute the following method on a few property names 

tobj.PropertyOverride(TemplateId, PropertyName) (tobj -> Item inside the template)

[BevanWeiss]

I think you'll probably want the 'ParentTemplateId' property.

Which is described as "Reference to the template containing the object, if any."

So if the object has a ParentTemplateId that is not -1 then it is from a template, and you could reference the ID to obtain that template.

[tkswathik]

@BevanWeiss 

I don't see a ParentTemplateId method for SCXV6Object. I think you might have referred to the Property ParentTemplateId. I get -1  for both for an independent object( not part of any template) or a template object. I think the reason could be because the object I am checking is inside a template instance. So when I try ParentInstanceId, I get the "Id" of the Parent Group Instance.

I think I can work with this idea:

Lets say obj is the object for which I have to check if a property is overridden

1. Get the Parent Instance Id : obj.Property("ParentInstanceId")

2. Find the corresponding Group Object: 

3. Get the Template Id property from the Group Object ( we cant use this on obj because it will fail)

4. Find the Corresponding Template Object ( tObj )

5. Use the Find method under SCXV6Object to see if the Instance Name ( obj.Name ) exists in the template

6. If it exists then use the  PropertyOverride  method:  tObj.PropertyOverride( tpObj.Id, propertyName). This would return either TRUE or FALSE

 tpObj would be Nothing if obj.Name doesn't exist in the Template

Thanks!!

[BevanWeiss]

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I don't see a ParentTemplateId method for SCXV6Object. I think you might have referred to the Property ParentTemplateId.

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Huh?  Wasn't my first sentence exactly this.. "I think you'll probably want the 'ParentTemplateId' property."

But yes, my mistake, the ParentTemplateId property applies to tell if a point is within a Template (and which Template), not whether it is within an Instance of a Template.  So it is the 'ParentInstanceId' property you would want.

ParentInstanceId should return you the ID of the CTemplateInstance in which your object is located (if it is associated with an instance).

[tkswathik]

Ah !! I overlooked it, my bad.

Thanks for your suggestion