EssOtlGetParent

Returns the parent of a member.

Syntax

ESS_FUNC_M EssOtlGetParent (hOutline, hMember, phMember);

Parameter	Data Type	Description
hOutline	ESS_HOUTLINE_T	Outline context handle.
hMember	ESS_HMEMBER_T	Handle of member to retrieve the parent of.
phMember	ESS_PHMEMBER_T	Pointer for return of a member handle of the parent of the hMember parameter.

Notes

If there is no parent, *phMember is set to ESS_NULL and the call returns 0. (The hMember is a dimension.)

Return Value

Returns 0 if successful.

Example

#include <essapi.h>
#include <essotl.h>

ESS_STS_T          sts = 0;
ESS_HOUTLINE_T     hOutline;
ESS_HMEMBER_T      hMemberChild;
ESS_HMEMBER_T      hMemberParent;
ESS_OBJDEF_T       Object;
ESS_APPNAME_T      szAppName;
ESS_DBNAME_T       szDbName;
ESS_OBJNAME_T      szFileName;

memset(&Object, '\0', sizeof(Object));
Object.hCtx = hCtx;
Object.ObjType = ESS_OBJTYPE_OUTLINE;
strcpy(szAppName, "Sample");
strcpy(szDbName, "Basic");
strcpy(szFileName, "Basic");
Object.AppName = szAppName;
Object.DbName = szDbName;
Object.FileName = szFileName;

sts = EssOtlOpenOutline(hCtx, &Object, ESS_TRUE,
     ESS_TRUE, &hOutline);

if (!sts)
{
   sts = EssOtlFindMember(hOutline, "Jan",
         &hMemberChild);
}

if (!sts  && hMemberChild)
{
   sts = EssOtlGetParent(hOutline, 
         hMemberChild, &hMemberParent);
}