Name GetOption
Type Method
Summary Gets value of a named world option
Prototype long GetOption(BSTR OptionName);
Description Gets value of a world option. Many options are booleans (true or false). The number zero represents false (option not set) and the number one represents true (option set).

You can use GetOptionList to get a list of the names of all possible options.
VBscript example 
world.note world.getoption (\"show_italic\")
Jscript example 
/world.note(world.getoption (\"show_italic\"));
PerlScript example 
/$world->note ($world->getoption (\"show_italic\"));
Returns The value of the requested option, or -1 if the option does not exist.

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