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The embedded GE is loaded up only if a change is being made to an embedded object, or if a user's code directly requests the underlying embedded object through the Dot syntax method or direct embedded object access. This approach is completely transparent to developers that are using the GE but is important to be aware of since it improves performance of the GE object loading and saving by a considerable margin.
To determine if whether an embedded object has been loaded by the GE, check the AptifyDataFieldBase.EmbeddedObjectExists function. This function is used by the parent GE object to determine whether or not the Embedded GE object has been loaded. It returns True if the Embedded object has been instantiated and False otherwise. See the Aptify Software Development Kit (SDK) for more information.
The EmbeddedObjectExists function provides a valuable service since the Embedded GE object will only be loaded when it is required. If the parent GE identifies that the Embedded record has not been loaded, which means it has not been changed, no further interaction is required, and the parent GE can optimize its Validation and Save operations. Conversely, if you access the - AptifyDataFieldBase.EmbeddedObject method, the system will load the Embedded GE object each time, even when it is not necessary.