>I have a moment of brain shortage, right now I can't see the forest for all the trees. Is it possible from within an object to know what is the name it's instantiated as? Given this code
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>loCountries = NewObject('SqlTable','SQL.vcx')
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>In this case I want the class SqlTable to understand that it's instantiated as loCountries. I am building a rather complicated generic class to work with SQL tables. My idea is that if I call the object for instance loCountries, my class can be smart enough to know that I want it to connect to the SQL table called Countries.
You can use AINSTANCE, but not in Init, you should call dedicated method.
after the Init of the class.
CLEAR
test = CREATEOBJECT([TestMe])
test.CheckInstance()
DEFINE CLASS TestMe AS Custom
PROCEDURE Init
ENDPROC
PROCEDURE CheckInstance
AINSTANCE(aVars,[TestMe])
DISPLAY MEMORY LIKE aVars
ENDPROC
ENDDEFINE
Against Stupidity the Gods themselves Contend in Vain - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
The only thing normal about database guys is their tables.