For speed - I coded the block below - in order to find the index of a parent.
I need to find a specific subform parent - "part".
This could be in any number of levels - so I need to spread out my search.
When the parent is found - tIndex stores the index of that parent.
There must be a better way to code for this....
This code looks really horrible:
if
(obj.parent.name=="part")
{
var tIndex =obj.parent.index;
}
if(obj.parent.parent.name=="part")
{
var tIndex =obj.parent.parent.index;
}
if(obj.parent.parent.parent.name=="part")
{
var tIndex =obj.parent.parent.parent.index;
}
if(obj.parent.parent.parent.parent.name=="part")
{
var tIndex =obj.parent.parent.parent.parent.index;
}
if(obj.parent.parent.parent.parent.parent.name=="part")
{
var tIndex =obj.parent.parent.parent.parent.parent.index;
}
if(obj.parent.parent.parent.parent.parent.parent.name=="part")
{
var tIndex =obj.parent.parent.parent.parent.parent.parent.index;
}
if(tIndex==null)
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How about something like this (untested!). It should return the index of the most immediate parent that is named part or -1 if none found.
function findIndex(myObj)
{
var ind = -1;
var obj = myObj.parent;
while (obj != null)
{
if (obj.name == "part")
{
ind = obj.index;
break;
}
else
obj = obj.parent;
}
ret ind;
}