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The **FreeElement **property contains a reference to a component of the sort sequence of the searched data set. The ABC Templates further require this to be a free component of a key. A free component is one that is not range limited to a single value. Typically this is also the USE variable of the locator control. The LocatorClass uses the FreeElement property to prime the free component with the appropriate search value.

The Init method sets the value of the FreeElement property.

**See Also:     **[[init  initialize the locatorclass object .htm|Init]]