The set and query methods are used to set and interrogate the properties of objects. The information associated with an object can be:

• Default help
  
• Default view
  
• Error set
  
• Handle
  
• Icon
  
• Icon data
  
• Identifier
  
• Settings page size
  
• Title.

As some methods relate to one another, they have been grouped into the following sections:

• General (including Class style and Object style) 
  Data file
  
  Desktop
  
  Disk (File-System Device)
  
  File System
  
  Folder
  
  Icon
  
  Network
  
  Palette
  
  Power
  
  Printer
  
  Program reference and program file
  
  Shadow
  
  View.

  Each section is divided into tables that are grouped as follows:

  • Methods that obtain information and that are overridden 
    Methods that obtain information but are not normally overridden
    
    Methods that set information and that are overridden
    
    Methods that set information but are not normally overridden.

    Note: The help and error methods are explained in the following chapters:

    Error handling methods

    Object Errors: Error Handling Methods.
    Help methods
    Object Aid: Help Methods.

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