This section presents the basic action statements that you can specify for any object. They create a new object or delete an existing one, change the contents of objects, and change the attributes of objects. (Other action statements associated with particular features - for example, textual regions, graphical objects, classes of objects, communications, etc. - are described in each of the related topic.) The basic object action statements are:
Action |
Statement Description |
add |
Creates a new object. |
add to |
Adds new drawing statement(s) to an object without clearing existing ones. |
change |
Adds new drawing statements, clears existing ones, and deletes all of the object's children. |
change graphics |
Adds new drawing statements and clears existing ones, without deleting the object's children. |
clear |
Deletes contents of object and its children. |
clear graphics |
Deletes contents of object, without deleting its children. |
delete |
Deletes object and its children. |