>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>This is probably a "Friday afternoon brain fart" type of thing but coding a utility class that has a function where I pass in:
>>>
>>>tcObjectName
>>>
>>>tcProperty
>>>
>>>tuValue
>>>
>>>That is, I want to have a generic function that assigns a value to a property of an object. I first loop through a collection to get an object reference to the named object to yield toSavedObject
>>>
>>>I know this works:
>>>
>>>

>>>
>>>STORE tuValue TO toSavedObject.&tcProperty
>>>
>>>

>>>
>>>Is there any other way to get the value into the property without using the ampersand?
>>>
>>>I tried indirection but that did not work e.g.
>>>
>>>

>>>
>>>STORE tuValue TO ( toSavedObject + "." + tcProperty )
>>>
>>>

>>>
>>>I know I can keep trying but figure I would ask and maybe there would be an answer when I get in Monday morning :-)
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Albert
>>
>>_VFP.SetVar(toSavedObject + "." + tcProperty,tuValue )
>
>?
>
>STORE "Store" TO ("_screen." + "Caption")
>= ADDPROPERTY(_screen, "Caption", "AddProperty")
>_vfp.SetVar("_screen.Caption", "_vfp.setvar")

addproperty is not good.
it create a missed property.
SetVar is not good.
it does not return error or status with a missed property.