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AFCase.GetLayers Method

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AFCase.GetLayers Method

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Last UpdatedNov 18, 2025
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This method returns a collection of AFLayer objects for the specified element representing all the active layers of the case which contain the element.

Namespace: OSIsoft.AF.Analysis
Assembly: OSIsoft.AFSDK (in OSIsoft.AFSDK.dll) Version: 3.1.1.1182

Syntax

public AFNamedCollectionList<AFLayer> GetLayers(
	AFElement element
)

Public Function GetLayers ( 
	element As AFElement
) As AFNamedCollectionList(Of AFLayer)

Dim instance As AFCase
Dim element As AFElement
Dim returnValue As AFNamedCollectionList(Of AFLayer)

returnValue = instance.GetLayers(element)

public:
AFNamedCollectionList<AFLayer^>^ GetLayers(
	AFElement^ element
)

member GetLayers : 
        element : AFElement -> AFNamedCollectionList<AFLayer>

Parameters

element: Type: OSIsoft.AF.AssetAFElement
The element associated with the layers being returned.

Return Value

Type: AFNamedCollectionListAFLayer
Returns the collection of layers for the specified element.

Remarks

This is a subset of the collection returned by the Layers property. A layer is considered to contain the element if it is in the collection itself or if an AFElement that directly owns the element through the Parent property is in the collection.

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