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ESL Documentation

The following table lists the built-in functions that provide information about the table object that stimulated the current response.

 

Built-in

Description

ancestry

Return a string identifying the parent(s) of the table object.

helpid

Return the helpid value of the table object.

object

Return the name of the table that caused this response, as a string.

parameter

Return the parameter of the table object. To get the parameter of the column that triggered a response, use parameter of column (xcoord) of object.

xcoord

Return the horizontal position of the column or cell that caused the response. This will be 0 if a row or an empty area of the table caused the response.

ycoord

Return the vertical position of the row or cell that caused the response. This will be 0 if a column or an empty area of the table caused the response.

xdelta

Return the amount of change of horizontal position (the number of columns scrolled for an on hscroll response).

ydelta

Return the amount of change of vertical position (the number of rows scrolled for an on vscroll response).