This method translates an internal identifier into an object identifier. The Microsoft® Repository engine uses internal identifiers to identify Repository objects.
variable = object.InternalIDToObjectID(internalId)
The InternalIDToObjectID method syntax has the following parts.
| Part | Description |
| Variable | Receives the object identifier. |
| Object | The object that represents the open Repository instance through which this program is interacting with the repository. |
| InternalId | The internal identifier to be converted. |
Repository object identifiers are globally unique, and are the same across repositories for the same object. Internal identifiers are unique only within the scope of a single repository.
The translation performed by this method is performed without loading the object in question. This enables database queries involving an object or relationship type identifier to be constructed without having to load the definition object.