See AMEMEBERS() function.

>there are commands in vfp for refering to the fields in a table, generically.
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>2 would be fields(),fcount().
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>i guess i am trying to find similar commands for an object.
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>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.
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>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.
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>can someone suggest how i can take an object that would look like the following
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> rates (ojbect)
> ambulatory wheelchair buspass (object)
> description description description (property)
> billcode billcode billcode
> billamount billamount billamount
> company company company
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>this is analagous to a table called rates, with rows of ambulatory, wheelchair, buspass, and fields of description, billcode,billamount, company
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>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
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>this works fine if i even add MORE rows, or have only 1.
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>
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>how can i 'scan' the rates object to do the same?
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>i cant figure how to conquer pointing to the 'general' obj/obj/property
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>for beginObjectPropertyList to endObjectPropertyList
>do case
> case 'AM' $ rates.xxxxx.description
>endcase
>endfor
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>as i dont know how to refer to the .xxxxx.
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>thats my problem.
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>thanks.
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>jim@sturtzs.com