Method: ExistsByDefinition for AssignmentList <Data>
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Method: ExistsByDefinition for AssignmentList <Data>
Checks in the script interface for internal data whether the assignment with a specified definition value already exists in an assignment channel.
bExistsByDefinition = Object.ExistsByDefinition(Definition)
| Object | AssignmentList <Data> Object with this method |
| Definition | Variant Specifies the definition value of the assignment. |
| bExistsByDefinition | Boolean The value is TRUE if the assignment with the specified definition value already exists. |
The following example generates an assignment channel with three assignments and checks whether an assignment to the definition value 2 already exists:
| VBScript | Python |
Dim oMyGrp, oMyChn, oMyAssgnList Set oMyGrp = Data.Root.ChannelGroups(1) Set oMyChn = oMyGrp.Channels.AddAssignmentChannel("MyAssignmentChn","Default Value") Set oMyAssgnList = oMyChn.AssignmentList Call oMyAssgnList.Add("text1",1) Call oMyAssgnList.Add("text2",2) Call oMyAssgnList.Add("text3",3) Call MsgBoxDisp(oMyAssgnList.ExistsByDefinition(2))