RepositoryObject Object

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A Repository object is an object that is stored in the Repository database and is managed by the Repository engine.

In this release of the Microsoft Repository, objects can be versioned. A Repository object version is a particular rendition of a Repository object. Each version of an object can differ from other versions of that object in its property values and collections. When you manipulate a Repository object within a Visual Basic^® program. you actually are manipulating a particular version of that object. That is, you manipulate a RepositoryObjectVersion object.

You can declare any Repository object version with the following line:

Dim newReposObject   As RepositoryObjectVersion

In earlier releases of the Repository, the object model included the RepositoryObject object, but not the RepositoryObjectVersion object. If you have Visual Basic programs written against earlier releases of the Microsoft Repository, those programs might include declarations like the following:

Dim oldReposObject   As RepositoryObject

These programs will still work, because the Repository's object model still includes the RepositoryObject object. Visual Basic still recognizes the preceding declaration as valid. Whenever you manipulate an object, you actually manipulate a specific version of that object. So the object oldReposObject has the same members as any Repository object version has. In effect, the following two lines of code are equivalent:

Dim myReposObject   As RepositoryObjectVersion
Dim myReposObject   As RepositoryObject

Even though Repository objects are now versioned, the Repository object model includes the RepositoryObject object so that you do not need to rewrite your Visual Basic programs that declare objects as RepositoryObject objects.

When to Use

Use the RepositoryObject object to manipulate the properties of a Repository object, to delete a Repository object, or to refresh the cached image of a Repository object.

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