| Function | Value Returned | 
| ancestry | Objects: String containing the ancestry of the selected object. 
 Items: String containing the object name that contains the item, with its full ancestry. | 
| input | String received from an application or from the keyboard. | 
| object | String containing the name of the object or item for which a response is taken. | 
| parameter | String containing the selected object's or item's parameter. | 
| xcoord ycoord | Textual Regions: Column and line number of the character selected. 
 Graphical Objects: X and Y coordinates of the point selected, in the coordinate system of the object the response is taken for. |