The ObjectType class represents an object type.
Description
Public Methods
 CanHaveItemIcons | Can this object type have item icons. |
| Clone | Creates a copy of the object. |
| GetIconAsPNG | Returns the icon of this object type in PNG format scaled to the specified size. |
| IsAddingAllowedForUser | Checks if the user can add new items of this type. |
Public Properties
 AccessControlList | The ACL that defines the visibility and other permission settings of this object type. Also specifies who can add new items to this object type. |
| AllowAdding | Specifies whether adding a new object is allowed. |
| AllowedAsGroupingLevel | Specifies whether to allow using this value list or object type as a grouping level in views. |
| CanHaveFiles | Specifies whether the objects of this object type can have files. |
| DefaultAccessControlList | Specifies the default ACL for new objects. |
| DefaultPropertyDef | The ID of the multi-select lookup property definition that acts as the default property definition for this object type. For example, new relationships to objects of this type are expressed using this property. |
| DisableExternalConnection | Specifies whether the external connection is disabled. |
| External | Specifies whether the object type is external. |
| GUID | The GUID as a string. |
| HasOwnerType | Specifies whether this object type is a subtype of another object type. |
| Hierarchical | Specifies whether this object type is hierarchical (has an internal hierarchy). |
| Icon | The icon of the object type in ICO format. |
| ID | The ID of the object type. |
| NamePlural | The plural name of the object type. |
| NameSingular | The singular name of the object type. |
| ObjectTypeTargetsForBrowsing | Object type targets for browsing. |
| OwnerPropertyDef | Owner property definition. Subobjects of objects of this object type have this property in their metadata for describing owner relationships. |
| OwnerType | The owner object type. |
| ReadOnlyPropertiesDuringInsert | Specifies property definition IDs of those properties that cannot be entered during the creation of a new object because they are not included in the INSERT INTO statement. |
| ReadOnlyPropertiesDuringUpdate | Specifies property definition IDs of those properties that cannot be entered during the editing of an existing object because they are not included in the UPDATE statement. |
| RealObjectType | Specifies whether this object type is a real object type (not just a value list). |
| ShowCreationCommandInTaskPane | Specifies whether the creation command is shown for this object type in the task pane. |
| TitlePropertyID | The ID of the property that contains the object title in the user's preferred language. |
| Translatable | Specifies whether the contents of this value list or object type can be translated. |
Remarks
The ObjType class represents an object type or a value list. Use the RealObjectType property to distinguish object types and value lists.
Object type properties (a real object type) as seen in M-Files Admin.
Value list properties as seen in M-Files Admin.
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