Item.Children property
The Children property of the Item object retrieves a collection of Item objects. The items in this collection represent items that are direct children of this item in the hierarchical tree. Read-only.
This property is read-only.
Syntax
propVal = Item.Children
Property value
Variable that receives the objects.
Remarks
Use this property to navigate the hierarchical tree of Item objects that represent a device, the folders and the files that reside on the device.
The Children property is a collection of Item objects only from the level directly beneath this Item object in the tree. To navigate further levels down the tree, use this property recursively.
If the item cannot or does not have any child items, this property returns an empty collection.
Note
This collection is 0-based.
Examples
The following example demonstrates the use of the Children property to retrieve and enumerate a collection of the child items of a device. If the device is a digital camera, the collection typically contains folder and image items. If the device is a scanner, the collection typically contains items that represent scanning beds.
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="VBScript">
Dim objWia
Dim objDeviceInfoCollection
Dim objDeviceInfo
Dim objRootItem
Dim objItemCollection
Dim objItem
Set objWIA = CreateObject("Wia.Script")
Set objDeviceInfoCollection = objWia.Devices
For Each objDeviceInfo In objDeviceInfoCollection
Set objRootItem = objWia.Create(objDeviceInfo)
objItemCollection = objRootItem.Children
For Each objItem In objItemCollection
' Do something with the child item
Next
Next
</SCRIPT>
Requirements
| Requirement | Value |
|---|---|
| Minimum supported client |
Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP [desktop apps only] |
| Minimum supported server |
Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only] |
| DLL |
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