Returns a fixed or calculated property of current parent item, current item structure or current child item when looping through a bill of materials using a repeater.
string ActiveItem(string target; string propertyName; [string propertyName2]; ...)
target |
The object to read a property from. The supported values are "Parent", "Structure" and "Child" (case insensitive). |
propertyName |
Name of a property or a type of calculated data to read. See list of arguments for calculated data below. |
propertyName2 |
Optional name of a property to read from an object that is referenced by the first property or an extra argument that is required by the type of calculated data. |
Arguments for calculated data
The following arguments for calculated data are supported (case insensitive):
"Attribute" |
Returns the name of a structure attribute that has been set for current structure node. A third argument with a zero based index is required. |
"AttributeCount" |
Returns the number of structure attributes that have been set for current structure node. |
"AttributeUnit" |
Returns the unit of a structure attribute that has been set for current structure node. A third argument with either the name of a structure attribute or a zero based index is required. |
"AttributeValue" |
Returns the calculated value of a structure attribute that has been set for this structure node. A third argument with either the name of a structure attribute or a zero based index is required. |
"Cost" |
Returns the calculated cost of current child item. |
"Level" |
Returns the child item's level in the bill of materials at the position given by current structure node. The root item is at level 0. |
"Price" |
Returns the calculated price of current child item. |
Examples
ActiveItem("Child"; "ItemNo")
Returns the item number of the child item.
ActiveItem("Structure"; "Quantity")
Returns the (calculated) quantity of the child item in the structure of the parent item.
ActiveItem("Structure"; "Level")
Returns the child item's level in the bill of materials at the position given by current structure node.
ActiveItem("Parent"; "ItemNo")
Returns the item number of the parent item.
ActiveItem("Structure"; "AttributeValue"; "Length")
Returns the calculated value of the structure attribute "Length".
ActiveItem("Child"; "Cost")
Returns the calculated cost of the child item.
Remarks
Some structure properties like context, operation sequence and quantity are also calculated.
