there are commands in vfp for refering to the fields in a table, generically.

2 would be fields(),fcount().

i guess i am trying to find similar commands for an object.

thru perversity rather than need, i am attempting to store a small table as an object and then use this in code in lieu of scanning thru the table looking things up.

i can manage to find some of what i want with the amembers command and stick the properties in an array and use it to 'feed' my code, but geez, its seems like there would be something more specific.

can someone suggest how i can take an object that would look like the following

rates (ojbect)
ambulatory wheelchair buspass (object)
description description description (property)
billcode billcode billcode
billamount billamount billamount
company company company

this is analagous to a table called rates, with rows of ambulatory, wheelchair, buspass, and fields of description, billcode,billamount, company

in table code i would
use rates
scan
do case
case 'AM' $ description && dont NEED to know this is wheelchair or buspas
** execute the billcode
endcase
endscan

this works fine if i even add MORE rows, or have only 1.



how can i 'scan' the rates object to do the same?

i cant figure how to conquer pointing to the 'general' obj/obj/property

for beginObjectPropertyList to endObjectPropertyList
do case
case 'AM' $ rates.xxxxx.description
endcase
endfor

as i dont know how to refer to the .xxxxx.

thats my problem.

thanks.

jim@sturtzs.com