Every Content Engine object has a system-assigned, read-only property called the OIID (Object Instance Identifier). This is simply a globally unique identifier used to identify and locate an independently persistent object. If you know an object's OIID you can use it, for example, in a search to find an object that has an object-valued property assigned to it whose value is that object. See Search using the value of an object-valued property.
This method is available from the pop-up menus of appropriate root classes and of object-valued properties in property grids. Each object reference you copy is added to the object paste buffer.
To copy an object reference