>Hi all,
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>This is probably a "Friday afternoon brain fart" type of thing but coding a utility class that has a function where I pass in:
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>tcObjectName
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>tcProperty
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>tuValue
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>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
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>I know this works:
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>STORE tuValue TO toSavedObject.&tcProperty
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>Is there any other way to get the value into the property without using the ampersand?
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>I tried indirection but that did not work e.g.
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>STORE tuValue TO ( toSavedObject + "." + tcProperty )
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>I know I can keep trying but figure I would ask and maybe there would be an answer when I get in Monday morning :-)
>

Use EVAL() to turn the name of an object into an object reference:

oSavedObject = EVAL(m.tcObjectName)

You probably want to wrap that in TRY-CATCH in case the object doesn't exist.

You can then use EVAL again to reference the property:

STORE m.tuValue TO EVAL("m.oSavedObject." + m.tcProperty)

Of course, it's easier to just pass the object in the first place.

Tamar