Shortcut Translation

Shortcuts are dereferenced during translation: the scope of the target object replaces the scope of the shortcut.

For example, the following generated file defined in the package metaclass provides the list of classes in the package. If a class shortcut is found, the code of its target object followed by (Shortcut) is generated, followed by the parent object ID and the shortcut ID which clearly shows that the scope of the shortcut is replaced by the scope of the shortcut target object:

.foreach_item(Classes)
 .if (%IsShortcut%)
%Code% (Shortcut)
oid = %ObjectID%
shortcut oid = %Shortcut.ObjectID%
 .else
%Code%
%Shortcut%
 .endif
.next(\n)

This is the opposite behavior as in VB Script where shortcut translation retrieves the shortcut itself.

If you want the shortcut itself to be generated instead of the target object, you can use the %Shortcut% variable.