Gregory,

Thanks for the advice, but this does not work as expected. Below is a sample.

"theFirst" implements "theSecond" which implements "theThird" (I know, I know, I over did it!). theThird's "myVal" property is passed up the line.

DEFINE CLASS theFirst as Custom
oSecond=NEWOBJECT("theSecond")
myVal=this.oSecond.myVal
ENDDEFINE

DEFINE CLASS theSecond as Custom
oThird=NEWOBJECT("theThird")
myVal=this.oThird.myVal
ENDDEFINE

DEFINE CLASS theThird as Custom
myVal="1234"
ENDDEFINE

So I instantiate theFirst and access members:

oFirst=NEWOBJECT("theFirst","theClass.prg")
? oFirst.myVal                             (prints "1234")
? TYPE("oFirst.oSecond")                   (prints "O")
? TYPE("oFirst.oSecond.oThird")            (prints "U")
oSecondAndAHalf=oFirst.oSecond
? oSecondAndAHalf.myVal                    (prints "1234")
? TYPE("oSecondAndAHalf.oThird")           (prints "O")
? TYPE("oSecondAndAHalf.oThird.myVal")     (prints "U")

...you get the idea.

If I try:

? oFirst.oSecond.myVal

I get an "Unknown member OSECOND" error.

So what the hell am I missing here?

Thanks!