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Val_GetDict
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Description: Returns an encoded value for object attributes value known to represent an Dictionary object.
Syntax: "retValue" = object.Val_GetDict (AttrVariant)
Arguments: Argument Value Type Description & Settings
object N/A Set to an instance of the Explorer object.
AttrVariant Integer An encoded value representing the input object's attributes as returned by the Dict_GetAttrVal, Dict_GetValue, Obj_AttrVal, Val_GetFirstElem, or Val_GetNextElem method known to be a Dictionary object as verified by the Val_IsDict method.
retValue: Value Type Description & Settings
Integer An encoded value representing a Dictionary suitable for passing as the DictObject for the following methods: The method returns a 0 (zero) if the AttrVariant does not represent a Dictionary object or is invalid.