.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: ObjSet

.. _objset:

ObjSet
======

.. us.tag  ObjSet ENGLISH

:ref:`ObjSet` is used to set object variables or to execute an object action.

.. function::  bool = ObjSet(handle, index)
               bool = ObjSet(handle, index, dat1, ...)

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*bool* is TRUE (1) if the function was successful and FALSE(0) if an error
occurred.

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: handle

   Is a handle of a line, text, rectangle, ellipse,
   dataset, layer (diagram) or other object.

.. uparam:: index

   *index* Identifies the object function.

.. uparam:: dat1

   *dat1* Is the first of 0 or more parameters.

.. us.example

**Example**

::

   def LayerAutoScale(hlayer, ssAxis, nTicks)
   {
       if (nargsin() == 1) {
           return ObjSet(hlayer, 22);
       } else {
           return ObjSet(hlayer, 22, ssAxis, nTicks);
       }
   }

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-objects`,
   :ref:`ObjCreate`,
   :ref:`ObjGet`

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