MoveChild method

The MoveChild method moves a child of a runtime DCO object to a different index location. You can use this method to reorganize or correct batches, documents, pages, or fields.

Description

For example, MoveChild(0,2) moves the object at position 0 to position 2. When you use this method, MoveChild reindexes the other child objects, as needed.

Table 1. Example implementation of MoveChild method
Index	Value		Index	Value
0	One	MoveChild(0, 2)	0	Two
1	Two	MoveChild(0, 2)	1	Three
2	Three		2	One
Before			After

Syntax

VBScript

oDCO.MoveChild(nOldIndex as Long,nNewIndex as Long) as Boolean

C#

bool MoveChild(int nOldIndex, int nNewIndex)

Arguments

nOldIndex: Index value of the current position, of the child object, where 0 is the first child

nNewIndex: Index value of the new position of the child object

Returns

True if successful; False otherwise

Applies to

All objects

C# Example

This example moves the first field on page TM000001 to the third position.

m_oDCO.FindChild("TM000001").MoveChild(0, 2);