Actually, nevermind. It works exactly like what I was expecting it to, which is that it *DOES* pass back the object reference.
For one, I had a typo in my code when I was trying to read a property name on the object, and two, the watch window in the debugger does not display the values from the object because of the _Access method trick, I guess. But they do evaluate correctly at run time.
The Watch window says "(Expression could not be evaluated)".
Interestingly, when I Mouse Over the variable namein the trace window, it does show the value, even though the Watch window does not.
Anyway, the only problem was that I just didn't spell the property name correctly, so the message in the Watch window made me think it wouldn't work, but it does eval fine.
Thanks VFP. Your smart!
>Can you just create a method, say, getObjectReference in the container and do
>this.oObject = this.textbox.oObject there instead?
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>>I have a textbox class that has a custom oObject property that is instantiated on it in the init() method.
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>>I have now used that textbox in a Container class, and I want to expose an oObject property on the Container that will pass back the oObject that is on the child textbox.
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>>So, I made a property on the container called oObject, and I set the _Access method with this code:
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>>Return this.TextBox.oObject
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>>However, when I try to code against the container oObject property, it is returning null, but I know from debugging that the TextBox.oObject is a good object.
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>>I've tried the following:
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>>loCustomer=containerCustomer.oObject
>>lcCustNo=loCustomer.cust_num
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>>and
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>>lcCustNo=containerCustomer.oObject.cust_num
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>>but they both cause en error, and the debugger is reporting that containerCustomer.oObject is null, but container.TextBox.oOjbect is NOT null.
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>>Why will it not pass though like I am intending.
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>>I do not want to create a mechanism to actually update the container oObject with a full copy of the target object, I just want a pass-though behavior.
