AFContact Methods
- Last UpdatedNov 18, 2025
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- PI System
- AF SDK 2024 R2
- Developer
The AFContact type exposes the following members.
Methods
| Name | Description | |
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  | ApplyChanges |
This method applies the changes to the object and makes
those changes available to other objects for the current user.
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| CheckIn |
This method checks in (commits) all the changes to the object by saving
the information to persistent storage.
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| CheckOut |
This method locks the object so that its configuration can be modified.
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 | CheckOutContacts |
Check out the objects with the specified unique identifiers at the specified query date.
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| CompareTo(Object) |
Compares this instance with a specified Object.
(Inherited from AFObject.) |
| CompareTo(AFObject) |
Compares this instance with a specified AFObject.
(Inherited from AFObject.) |
| Delete |
Deletes this contact from the PISystem.
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| DeleteContacts |
Delete the objects with the specified unique identifiers.
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| Equals(Object) |
Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current object.
(Inherited from AFObject.) |
| Equals(AFObject) |
Indicates whether the current object is equal to another object of the same type.
(Inherited from AFObject.) |
| FindContact(PISystem, Guid) |
Retrieves the AFContact object with the specified unique identifier.
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| FindContact(PISystem, String) |
Retrieves the AFContact object with the specified name.
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| FindContacts(PISystem, String, AFSearchField, AFSortField, AFSortOrder, Int32) | |
| FindContacts(PISystem, String, AFSearchField, AFSortField, AFSortOrder, Int32, Boolean) | |
| FindRelatedContacts |
Retrieves the contacts that are related to the specified AFContact.
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| GetCurrentUser |
Retrieves the AFContact object for the current user.
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| GetHashCode |
Gets the hash code for this instance of the object which is suitable for use in hashing
algorithms and data structures like a hash table.
(Inherited from AFObject.) |
| GetPath |
Returns the full path to the object, using just the names.
(Inherited from AFObject.) |
| GetPath(AFObject) |
Returns the path to the object relative from another object.
(Inherited from AFObject.) |
| GetPath(AFEncodeType, AFObject) |
Returns the path to the object relative from another object,
using the name and/or id as specified
by encodeType.
(Inherited from AFObject.) |
| GetSecurity |
Gets the AFSecurity information of the specified security item
associated with the object.
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| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
| LoadContacts |
Loads the AFContact objects with the specified unique identifiers.
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| Persist |
This method returns the persistence string for the object.
(Inherited from AFObject.) |
| Refresh |
Refreshes the client with any changes that have been made to the object since loaded.
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| ToString |
Returns a String that represents the current object.
(Inherited from AFObject.) |
| UndoCheckOut |
This method discards all the changes to the object and all sub-objects since the
last call to CheckOut. Any changes since the check out will be lost.
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