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Onetastic Macro Documentation > Functions > Object Functions > RemoveObject

RemoveObject

Removes the given object from its parent object. The object must have a parent object. This can be used to delete content from a Page or whole pages. Certain container objects will only be valid with at least one child, and therefore removing the last child will result in a schema error. For instance Outline and Cell objects require at least one Paragraph inside them. Following objects can be removed: Page Outline Table Row Cell Paragraph Image EmbeddedFile Tag.

Syntax

void RemoveObject(Object object)

Parameters

Object object
The object to remove.

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