Object.Parent?

Why can't I get the parent of an object?

A very simple example:

1) Create a new object TestParent. Everything is default except widget (Test) and size (200x200).
2) Create a new object TestChild. Everything is default except widget (Test) and it is a child of TestParent.
3) Create a script for TestChild as follows:

Code: vbscript
Sub Object_OnMouseEnter
  Msgbox "This object's parent is " & Object.Parent.Object.Name
End Sub

4) Apply everything, move the mouse over the small object, and bam!

DXScript: Scripting Error
Object Required: 'Object.Parent'

What is going on? The syntax is directly from the DesktopX documentation at https://www.stardock.com/products/desktopx/documentation/scripting/object_namespace.asp

Edit: DX 3.2 purchased version (with Object Desktop)

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Well, this works

Code: vbscript
opn = Object.ParentName
l = DesktopX.Object(opn).Left
Msgbox "Parent Left: " & l

I am still curious about Object.Parent. Since this is in the docs and pop-up code completion, I would think it would work as advertised.

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Tiggz

Join Date 08/2003

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It seems as if object.parent.object.name only works if the parent is a scriptobject. Why this is the case I cannot say.

It might explain the inclusion of the additional property object.parentname, which would otherwise be redundant.

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SirSmiley

Join Date 06/2005

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Very curious, I never tried either of those but, wondered if it was a boolean value or not. From the TestParent object this one works.

Code: vbscript
Sub Object_OnMouseEnterEx(obj)
Select Case obj.name
Case "TestChild"
Msgbox "This object's parent is " & DesktopX.Object("TestChild").Parent.Object.Name
End Select
End Sub

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