hs.DeleteDevice question

[beerygaz]

If I delete a root device in the HS web interface, it removes all of the associated child devices.

If i execute hs.DeleteDevice(dvRef) it only removes the root and leave the orphaned child devices.

Bug or intentional?

[mrhappy]

Interesting one - imagine the function has been passed on from HS2 which didn't have the relationships arrangement so a sort of bug or missed feature, guess that you'll have to write a little function that examines whether or not the device to delete is a parent device and then delete the children?

[beerygaz]

Yup, did just that, but it is a little inconsistent in behavior.

[rmasonjr]

Here's a snippet to remove the root node and any children associated with that root node:

If (ref > 0) Then
            dv = hs.GetDeviceByRef(ref)
            assocDevices = dv.AssociatedDevices(hs)
            For y = 0 To dv.AssociatedDevices_Count(hs) - 1
                hs.DeleteDevice(assocDevices(y))
            Next
            hs.DeleteDevice(ref)
            hs.SaveEventsDevices()
        End If