The following tables list the members exposed by RefBase.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | AbsoluteName | The fully qualified unique name for the referenced element. Read Only. |
| BaseParent | The RefBase Parent reference of this referenced element. Used to navigate the element hierarchy. If this referenced element is the root element, BaseParent returns null. Read Only. |
| Context | Returns a context for the Reference. |
| ElementName | The unqualified name of this referenced element. Used to construct the fully qualified name by the AbsoluteName method. Read Only. |
| Formula | The ICalculationFormula, if any, associated with this Reference. If this reference can not contain a formula then null is returned. |
| HasAbsoluteIndex | True indicates that the reference was constructed with a relative index. Read Only. |
| HasRelativeIndex | True indicates that the reference was constructed with a relative index. Read Only. |
| HasScopeAll | True indicates that the reference was constructed with a scope all index. Read Only. |
| IsAnchored | Returns true if this reference is anchored. An anchored reference is a direct reference to an element. An unanchored reference is an indirect reference. An indirect reference stores context dependent properties such as the relative name used to create the reference. Read Only. |
| IsDataReference | Returns true if this reference is a data reference. A data reference contains a value, such as a Grid Cell or a Grid SummaryValue. Many referenced elements, such as a Grid Column or a Grid Band, do not reference a value. Read Only. |
| IsDisposedReference | True indicates that the reference was disposed. Read Only. |
| IsEnumerable | Returns true if this reference is enumerable. |
| IsRange | Returns true if this reference is a Range Reference. Read Only. |
| NormalizedAbsoluteName | Returns the normalized absolute name. Calculation engine makes use of normalized absolute names of references to compare two references and search for references. This property should return the absolute name with case insensitive parts of the absolute names converted to lower case. |
| Parent | The RefBase Parent reference of this referenced element. Used to navigate the element hierarchy. If this referenced element is the root element, BaseParent returns null. Read Only. |
| ParsedReference | Gets or Sets the parsed representation of this reference. This returns the absolute reference name. Use RelativeReference to get the parsed representation of the string used to create this reference if this reference is UnAnchored. |
| RecalcDeferred | Flag used by the calculation engine to manage the recalculation network. Denotes the reference is visible. |
| RecalcVisible | Flag used by the calculation engine to manage the recalculation network. Denotes the reference is visible. |
| References | Return a collection of references if this Reference is enumerable. An exception is thrown if this reference is not enumerable. |
| RelativeReference | Gets or Sets the parsed representation of the string used to create this reference if this reference is UnAnchored. Use AbsoluteReference to get the parsed representation of the anchored reference. |
| ShouldFormulaEditorIncludeIndex | Gets the value indicating whether the formula editor should include default indexes after this reference's address when enumerable references are used where a single value is expected. |
| Value | The CalculationValue, if any, associated with this Reference. If this reference does not contain a Value then a CalculationErrorValue is returned. |
| WrappedReference | Returns the indirect reference of an UnAnchored reference. Read only. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | ContainsReference | Returns true if this reference contains inReference |
| CreateRange | Create a Range reference relative to this reference. |
| CreateReference | Create a new reference relative to this reference. |
| Equals | Overriden. Default implementation returns true if the normalized absolute names of this reference and the passed in reference match. These objects are going to be added to data structure that make use of GetHashCode and Equals methods. What this means is that the normalized absolute name must not change throughout the lifetime of this instance. If it does change then the overriding class must override this method and return a hash code based on some other immutable property of the instance. |
| FindAll | Returns the named reference relative to this reference with scope "All". |
| FindItem | Overloaded. Returns the named reference relative to this reference. |
| FindParent | Returns a reference to this elements Parent. Some Reference implementations (RefColumn) override this to return something different than BaseParent when handling ".." |
| FindSummaryItem | Returns the named SummaryItem reference relative to this reference. |
| GetChildReferences | Returns the child references of the reference. This method can return null. |
| GetHashCode | Overridden. Default implementation returns the hash code of the normalized absolute name. These objects are going to be added to data structure that make use of GetHashCode and Equals methods. What this means is that the normalized absolute name must not change throughout the lifetime of this instance. If it does change then the overriding class must override this method and return a hash code based on some other immutable property of the instance. |
| IsSiblingReference | Determines whether the given reference is a sibling of this reference |
| IsSubsetReference | Returns true if inReference is a proper subset of this reference |
| MarkRelativeIndices | For each reference tuple in this reference that has a relative index, mark the corresponding tuple in inReference. |
| ResolveReference | Resolves a reference relative to this reference. For example, if this reference is a reference to a row, and inReference is a reference to a column, the resolved reference is the cell reference that is the intersection of this row and the input column. |
| ScopedReferences | Returns a ICalculationReferenceCollection for enumerable references constrained to the specified reference. |
| ToString | Returns a string representation of the reference based on the reference type and absolute name. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | BuildReference | Constructs a reference relative to this reference by walking all the elements of the specified parsed reference. If forceDataRef is true, then any IsDataReference references are forced to resolve to a specific data item when an incomplete identifier is specified. RefLoop is used to iterate over the specified parsed reference.
This method must be overridden by the Root reference object to deal with external or root references. The Root referece object must advance past the optional control name in a Fully Qualified Reference before calling RefLoop |
| CreateParsedReference | Used to create a new RefParser for the reference. |
| FindRoot | Returns the Root reference of a reference hierarchy. The root reference is used to resolve the fully qualifed form of a reference. Note: Must be overridden by the Root reference to return "this". |
| RefLoop | Constructs a reference relative to the specified starting reference by walking the specified RefTuple enumerator. For each RefTuple, the next "current" reference is constucted by calling the Find method based on the scope of the RefTuple. If forceDataRef is true, then any IsDataReference references are forced to resolve to a specific data item when an incomplete identifier is specified. |