Graphics and their FrameParent

The page frame that holds all of a page's content is a special instance of a graphic object. But what exactly are graphic objects?

In FrameMaker, anything that has handles when selected is a graphic object. This includes the following object types:

• AFrame
  An anchored frame that is tied to a specific text location.
• UnanchoredFrame
  A frame that is placed directly on the page.
• Line, Arc, Rectangle, Ellipse, RoundRect, Polyline, Polygon
  The simple geometric shapes that can be created with the FrameMaker drawing tools
• Group
  An invisible object that allows a set of other graphic objects in the same frame to be moved or otherwise managed as a set.
• TextLine
  A line of text created with the FrameMaker drawing tools.
• TextFrame
  Container for a text flow.
• Inset
  An imported graphic or file that was imported into a FrameMaker document.
• Math
  An equation created with the FrameMaker equation editor.

All graphic objects appear within frames, whether anchored or unanchored. A graphic's FrameParent property provides the link to the containing frame. The page frame, as it has no containing frame has a FrameParent that is null.