Category Class (PIA)
Use this object to work with relationships between categories and products. You can also use this object to manipulate parent/child relationships for a category.
Methods
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| AddChildCategory | Adds another specified category as a child of this category. |
| AddParentCategory | Adds another specified category as a parent of this category. |
| AddProduct | Adds another specified product variant as a child of this category. |
| AddRelationshipToCategory | Adds a relationship from another category to this category. |
| AddRelationshipToProduct | Adds a relationship from this category to a specified product. |
| RemoveChildCategory | Removes the specified category as a child of this category. |
| RemoveParentCategory | Removes the specified category as a parent of this category. |
| RemoveProduct | Removes a product from this category. |
| RemoveRelationshipToCategory | Removes the relationship between this category and a specified category. |
| RemoveRelationshipToProduct | Removes the relationship between this category and a specified product. |
| Search | Searches product and category data within the category and its children. |
| SetCategoryProperties | Assigns new properties to a category. |
| SetRelatedCategories | Updates category relationships. |
| SetRelatedProducts | Updates product relationships. |
Properties
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| AncestorCategories | ADODB26Lib._Recordset | Contains a recordset of category names that exist anywhere above this category, and that directly or indirectly contain this category, in the hierarchy.
This property is read-only. |
| CatalogName | String | Contains the name of the catalog of which this Category object is a member.
This property is read-only. |
| CategoryName | String | Contains the name of this category.
This property is read-only. |
| ChildCategories | ADODB26Lib._Recordset | Contains a recordset containing the child Category objects for this category.
This property is read-only. |
| DescendantProducts | ADODB26Lib._Recordset | Contains all products that exist anywhere below this category. Accessing this property on the root category returns every product in the entire catalog.
This property is read-only. |
| GetCategoryProperties | ADODB26Lib._Recordset | Contains a recordset containing the property values for this category.
This property is read-only. |
| ParentCategories | ADODB26Lib._Recordset | Contains a recordset containing the names of the Category objects that are parent categories to this category.
This property is read-only. |
| PrimaryParent | BSTR | Contains the primary parent category of this category.
This property is read/write. |
| Products | ADODB26Lib._Recordset | Contains the products that exist within this category, but not within descendant categories.
This property is read-only. |
| RelatedCategories | ADODB26Lib._Recordset | Contains a recordset that describes all of the categories and product families that have relationships to this category.
This property is read-only. |
| RelatedProducts | ADODB26Lib._Recordset | Contains a recordset that describes all the product variants and product families that have relationships to this category.
This property is read-only. |
Remarks
The Category object is a dependent object. Obtain a reference to it by calling one of the following methods:
Requirements
Namespace: Microsoft.CommerceServer.Interop.Catalog
Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003
Assembly: cataloglib (in cataloglib.dll)
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