MetaGroup

Properties

Name	Type	Description
Attributes	MetaCollection	Returns the node's attribute collection. (See the Metadata Attributes reference.)
Count	Integer	Returns the number of child nodes.
Fields	MetaCollection	Returns the node's field collection.
Index	Integer	Gets the index of the node in its parent.
NodeType	TNodeType	Returns the node type of the current Node. Note that the TNodeType type is not defined in an Active Script environment, such as the Run Script task. See the detailed reference for the numerical values to use.
Parent	Node	Returns the parent node of the current node.
Selected	Bool	Indicates whether or not the Node is set to be printed.
SelectedCount	Integer	Returns the number child nodes selected to be output. (See also: Including or excluding nodes from the output.)
SelectedState	Integer	Returns an integer indicating whether the node is selected or not, taking its parents into account. 0: The node is not selected. 1: The node is selected but one of its parents is not. 2: The node and all of its parents are selected.

Methods

Name	Return type	Description
Add(Integer Index)	Node	Adds a new child node to the current node.
AttributeByIndex(Integer Index)	String	Returns the specified attribute's value.
AttributeByName(const String Name)	String	Returns the value of the attribute of the specified name.
Clear()		Deletes all the child nodes as well as the attributes and fields.
Copy()		Places a copy of the node in the metadata clipboard.
Cut()		Removes the node and places it in the metadata clipboard.
DatapageCount()	Integer	Returns the total number of datapages present underneath this node.
Delete()		Deletes the node.
FieldByIndex(Integer Index)	String	Returns the specified field's value.
FieldByName(const String Name)	String	Returns the value of field of the specified name.
FieldByNameIndex(const String Name, Integer Index)	String	Returns the value of the N'th field of the specified name.
IndexInJob()	Integer	Returns the index of this page in the job, taking all the pages from all the datapages from all the documents from all the groups into account.
Item(Integer Index)	Node	Returns the child (node) item located at the specified index.
Document(Integer Index), see Item(Integer Index)	Node	Returns the MetaDocument at the specified index.
PageCount()	Integer	Returns the total number of pages present underneath this node.
Paste()	Node	Inserts the clipboard's content as the last child of the current node.
PasteAt(Integer Index)	Node	Inserts the clipboard's content as a child node at the specified index.
Select(TSelectWhat SelectWhat)		Selects the child nodes according to the SelectWhat parameter. The TSelectWhat type is not defined in an Active Script environment, such as the Run Script task. See the detailed reference for the numerical values to use.
SelectedDatapageCount()	Integer	Returns the number of datapages selected to be output that are underneath this node.
SelectedPageCount()	Integer	Returns the number of pages selected to be output that are underneath this node.
SelectedIndexInJob()	Integer	Index of the page among all the selected pages in the Job.
Sort(const String Name, optional TSortFlags Flags, optional const String Name2, optional TSortFlags Flags2, optional const String Name3, optional TSortFlags Flags3)		Sorts the sub-nodes according to a number of criteria.