How to Refer to the Current Item of a Tree View or List View

To refer to the current item of a tree view or list view from within the same GUI class that the view is in, use the Object Activator to select the appropriate tree view or list view object, and then use the GetValueFromCurrentItem( ) method. This method applies to tree views and list views. Also see: Actions Example 10.

If you want to make the reference from OUTSIDE the GUI class that the view is in:

•If the reference to the current tree view or list view is only made once, you can pass it as a string value to the other GUI class.

For this type of scenario, see Actions Example 10: Catalog Node Leading to Data Query.

•If you want to refer more than once to the (changing) current value of the tree view or list view, the GUI class where you want to make the reference needs a user-defined property of the tree view type or list view type.

For this type of scenario, where the user-defined property holds an object instead of a simple string value, see Actions Example 11: Window with Separate Search Dialog.