>>Hi
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>>I want to pass into a c# dll and object parameter like this
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>> public string PassRecordObjectDynamic(dynamic FoxObject)
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>>(from Ricks example at
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http://www.west-wind.com/weblog/posts/2010/Sep/13/The-dynamic-Type-in-C-Simplifies-COM-Member-Access-from-Visual-FoxPro>>
>>but I'm not sure how to handle varying numbers of items in the object in the c# dll.
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>>ie There may be 1 or maybe 10.
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>>I can control what they are called
>> like phone1 phone2 etc but I'm not suer what the best way to deal with this in c#
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>>Some sort of macro substitution seems out (from what I've read)
>>Any pointers
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>**pointer
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>seriously it might be a good idea (at least easier coding-wise) to add a list of propertynames on the vfp side.
>After casting to dynamic you just parse that list via dot-notation ? Easy if you can be sure of a specific free field/propertyname, for instance __fldlist, to borrow from the pythonic usage of "internal, do not touch" naming.
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>Update: from glancing over the code in Rick's article foxObject should be object and cast from COM to dynamic.
>Not clear from the method signature iyou showed.
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>HTH
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>thomas
Thanks Thomas
I can add the properties on the vfp side no problem. I'm not sure about the best way to access their names at the c# end
like phone1 phone2 phone3 etc