.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: OBJGetProtect

.. _objgetprotect:

OBJGetProtect
=============

.. us.tag  OBJGetProtect ENGLISH draw-get

:ref:`OBJGetProtect` returns flags.

.. function::  nProtect = OBJGetProtect(hobj)

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: nProtect

   *nProtect* is a combination of attributes. See :ref:`OBJSetProtect`.

.. uparam:: hobj

   *hobj* identifies a line, text, rectangle, ellipse or layer (diagram) object.

   ::

      if ((OBJGetProtect(hRect) & BL_HIDE) != BL_HIDE) {
          // not hidden
      }

   ::

      // switch off hidden:
      nProtect = OBJGetProtect(hRect);
      OBJSetProtect(hRect, nProtect & ~BL_HIDE);

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-drawing-objects`,
   :ref:`OBJSetProtect`

:sub:`id-638689`