>>Hi,
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>>I am confused about how objects are instantiated. Here is an example:
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>>I have a form and a BIZ object is dropped on this form. When the BIZ object is instantiated (I watch in the debugger), in the INIT of BIZ object I have a line "RETURN .F.". I thought that when your RETURN .F. from the INIT the object is not instantiated. But when I later in the INIT method of the form check for this BIZ object I get the following:
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>>type( "thisform.mybizobj" ) returns "O" (meaning object)
>>isnull( thisform.mybizobje ) = .F.
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>>Why does the BIZ object type is "O" and not null when the INIT method of this object returned .F.?
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>>TIA.
>
>What if you check for
>type('thisform.myBizObj.name') = 'C' - this is the check I use for such cases.
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>Also, are you sure return .f. line is firing?
Yes, the type for name returns "U" so I can use it for checking if the object instantiated. Thank you.
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