Introduction to objects and collections

The concepts described in this chapter introduce a new set of vocabulary that is referenced through the rest of the book. The Interactive Reporting programming terminology describes the different components of the application, the properties of the components, and the actions that can be performed on each object. The following are the primary definitions used when describing Interactive Reporting components:

• An object is defined as either a single entity or a collection of entities. The term object is a fairly generic term used to reference any entity which can be acted upon. These entities range from the Application object to Dashboard Shape objects and control toolbars to Text Labels and beyond.

• Methods describe the relevant actions for a given object...