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system.gui.getParentWindow

Deprecated by system.vision variations in 8.3

This function was replaced with system.vision.getParentWindow.

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This function is used in Python Scripting.

Description​

Finds the parent (enclosing) window for the component that fired an event and returns a reference to it.

Client Permission Restrictions​

This scripting function has no Client Permission restrictions.

Syntax​

system.gui.getParentWindow(event)

Parameters​

TypeParameterDescription
EventObjecteventA component event object.

Returns​

FPMIWindow - The window that contains the component that fired the event.

Scope​

Vision Client

Code Examples​

Example #1 - Getting Window and Changing Its Title
# Use this in an event script to change the window's title.

window = system.gui.getParentWindow(event)
window.title='This is a new title'