How to update the style of a selection of lines/polylines automatically in MapInfo Pro

Products affected: MapInfo Pro™
Unfortunately the style is part of the spatial object and to change this, users need to update the object and then update the record with the new object. 
This is considered a complex process and so is not written to the MapBasic window.
Users need to perform this action for each record in the table in the form of a loop:
 
Include "MAPBASIC.DEF"
 
Declare Sub Main
 
Sub Main
 
Dim oObj As Object
Dim iRow As Integer
Dim penNew as Pen
 
penNew = MakePen(2, 3, RED)
 
Fetch First From Selection
Do Until EOT(Selection)
      oObj = Selection.OBJ
      iRow = Selection.ROWID
      Alter Object oObj
            Info OBJ_INFO_PEN, penNew
      Update Selection
            Set OBJ = oObj
            Where ROWID = iRow
      Fetch Next From Selection
Loop
 
End Sub Main

The above example will achieve this goal however users may suffer from performance issues depending on the size of the selection, it would be much quicker using a function rather than performing the fetch inside a loop, please see the example below. Just remember to only update records that do have a line style.
Include "MAPBASIC.DEF"
 
Declare Sub Main
Declare Function STLAlterPen(ByVal oObj As Object, ByVal penNew As Pen) As Object
 
Sub Main
 
      Update Selection
            Set OBJ = STLAlterPen(OBJ, CurrentPen())
 
End Sub
 
Function STLAlterPen(ByVal oObj As Object, ByVal penNew As Pen) As Object
 
OnError GoTo ErrorOccured
 
penNew = MakePen(2, 3, RED)
 
STLAlterPen = oObj
 
      Alter Object oObj
            Info OBJ_INFO_PEN, penNew
      STLAlterPen = oObj
      Exit Function
'-------------------------
ErrorOccured:
      Print Err() + " " + Error$() + " STLAlterPen"
 
End Function
UPDATED:  December 4, 2019