Returns a Proto object that represents the outer PROTO context (namespace) for the specified PROTO declaration. Returns Nothing, if the PROTO declaration is in the global context (isn't part of an another PROTO declaration).

See also: Context property of the Entity object.

Deletes the specified PROTO.

All instances of the PROTO will also be deleted.

See also: Delete method of the Entity object.

Returns a Document object that represents the VRML file contains the specified PROTO declaration.

Returns the actual type of the specified PROTO from the enum of type VpEntityType.

Following are the possible values, which have the Long type:

EntityType	VRML object
vpProto = 3	PROTO declaration
vpExternProto = 4	EXTERNPROTO declaration
vpExpired = 0	Corresponding VRML object has been removed

See also: EntityType property of the Entity object.

Returns a Fields collection that represents a set of interface field and event declarations of the specified PROTO or EXTERNPROTO.

The following example creates a PROTO declaration with an interface field declaration.

Dim p As Proto Set p = Document.Protos.Add("MyProto") p.Fields.Add vpcField, vpfSFBool, "enabled" p("enabled") = True

Each field or event declaration in the collection supports the Implements property that returns a collection of fields, implementing the PROTO field declaration using the IS syntax.
To add or remove an implementation of the field or event declaration, you may use the Interface property or the Expose method of the field, you are going to expose to the specified PROTO interface declaration.

The following example clears implementations of all PROTO field declarations.

Dim p As Proto Set p = Document.Protos("MyProto") Dim f As Field For Each f In p.Fields   For Each i In f.Implements     i.Interface = Nothing   Next Next

Returns a Nodes collection that represents all PROTO-instance nodes of the specified PROTO declaration.

The following example enumerates all Inline nodes and prints for each node first url field value.

Dim n As Node For Each n In Document.StdProtos("Inline").Instances   Debug.Print n("url")(1) Next

See also: Prototype property of the Node object.

Gets or sets the name of the specified PROTO declaration.

Renaming the PROTO declaration also renames types of all PROTO-instance nodes of that PROTO.
A new name for the PROTO must be unique, otherwise the property fails.

See also: Name property of the Entity object.

Returns a Nodes collection of all nodes in context of the specified PROTO declaration given a name using the DEF keyword.

This collection is read-only, use the RootNodes property to add a new node to the PROTO definition.

See also: Nodes property of the Document object.

Returns an Entity object that represents the immediate owner of the specified PROTO declaration.

See also: Owner property of the Entity object.

Returns a Protos collection of all PROTO declarations available from the context of the specified PROTO declaration.

See also: Protos property of the Document object.

Returns a Range object that represents the portion of a document that's contained in the specified PROTO declaration.

Flags (Optional)
Specifies the part of the prototype text to include. Can be a combination of the following values from the enum of type VpEntityRange:

Value	Part of the prototype
vprnAll = 0 (default)	All prototype text with some whitespace padding
vprnId = 1 vprnName = 2	Name of the PROTO declaration
vprnBody = 4	Body of the PROTO declaration (within braces), URL part of the EXTERNPROTO declaration
vprnDecl = 8	Interface part (within square brackets) of prototype declaration
vprnKeyword = 16	PROTO keyword

For information about Range objects, see Using the Range Object.

Returns a Nodes collection of all top-level nodes of the specified PROTO declaration.

The PROTO declaration defines PROTO-context (namespace) for all nodes from the collection as well as for its children nodes.
The collection is always empty and read-only for the EXTERNPROTO declaration.

The following example creates a PROTO declaration, adds a TimeSensor node to it and exposes enabled field of the node to the PROTO interface.

Dim p As Proto Set p = Document.Protos.Add("MyProto") Dim n As Node Set n = p.RootNodes.Add("TimeSensor") n("enabled").Expose

See also: RootNodes property of the Document object.

Returns a Routes collection of all ROUTEs in context of the specified PROTO declaration.

The collection is always empty and read-only for the EXTERNPROTO declaration.

See also: Routes property of the Document object.

Returns a Proto object that represents the PROTO implementation or the specified EXTERNPROTO declaration.

The string or strings specified after the EXTERNPROTO interface declaration give the location of the prototype implementation. If a URL string refers to an existing local VRML file and the appropriate PROTO implementation is found, it returns by the property. Otherwise the property fails.

In the case of the PROTO declaration, the property returns the same object.

See also: Add method of the Protos collection.

Returns True if the specified PROTO declaration is a standard VRML node type declaration.

A standard PROTO declaration is a read-only object - you can't change name, delete or modify by other ways standard PROTOs. You can't also get text range for the standard PROTO, because it has no associated text. The Nodes and RootNodes properties always return empty Nodes collection in the case of the standard PROTO declaration.

See also: Standard property of the Entity object, StdProtos property of the Document object.

Returns a Field object that represents the URL pseudo-field of the specified EXTERNPROTO declaration. In the case of the PROTO declaration, the property returns Nothing.

The URL pseudo-field has the EntityType = vpProtoURL = 7 and MFString field type.

The following example creates an EXTERNPROTO declaration and inserts a value to the URL.

Dim p As Proto Set p = Document.Protos.Add("Avatar", "avatar.wrl") p.URL.Add "urn:inet:dot.com:lib:avatar", 1

See also: Add method of the Protos collection.