For some unidentified reason, the _assign method needs

this.oData=oData
if (type("oData")<>"O") or (isnull(oData))
    return
endif

>>Hi,
>>
>>I wonder if I got the _Assign scheme.
>>
>>I have a business object (bz) that wraps a table. bz has a property oData that I use to access the "current record" of the table via
>>

>>scatter name this.oDAta
>>

>>Now I wrote an "assign" method in bz:
>>

>>procedure oData_Assign
>>parameter oData
>>this.oData= oData
>>...
>>wait window oData.Field1
>>

>>and in Init I have
>>

>>select <table>
>>scatter name this.oData blank
>>

>>The Assign method gets fired alright, but I get
>>

>>FIELD1 is not a property
>>

>>What am I missing?
>
>You could change your code to following:
>Init event
>

>select yourtable
>scatter name oTemp blank
>this.oData=oTemp
>

>Assign method in bz:
>

>procedure oData_Assign
>parameter oData
>this.oData= oData
>if type(this.odata)<>'O'
>  return
>endif
>...
>wait window oData.Field1
>