>>>>>>>>A reference to a pointer still points to the same object.
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>>>>>>>Yes. That's what I want. I want a reference to the existing object, so that the object exists, and the reference points to the object that exists as well.
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>>>>>>>It's as the second example was setup in my code above. I'm effectively using that method presently, and it works, but it's clunky. I would like to have a way to store a binary object which is the explicit reference to the existing object, so I could reference it without having to use an intermediate variable name which is then set to the object reference itself. I'd like to remove that "middle man" if possible.
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>>>>>>My dear, I fear this is not possible with VFP. Remember, this is a dinosaur. Even if you figure out the adress of an object. Run time generated stuff like objects and there props might be mixed with vars.(Create a var, create an object, an other var and then a property to the object. The storage of the object must be fragmented somehow.) Stuff you can not store binary like references to other objects
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>>>>>I wonder if that would be possible, to pass the object by reference to a DLL which obtains the address, and returns it as a value, allowing the value to be saved as an integer, and then reconstituted similarly by calling a DLL with the value, which updates another variable passed by reference to then refer to that object?
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>>>>>Hmmm....
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>>>>Why not. The structure of a vfp object and the vars must be somehow declared. I hate to say it, but the only person I can imagine that might understand it know is Chen ... The original developers, but that's old knowledge.
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>>>I can't figure out how to pass a regular object by reference to a DLL function. I've tried sandwiching it in an array and passing the array by reference, but it only passes the first cell, and no data related to the location of other cells.
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>>You know ho to hand an array to an automation object like EXCEL?
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>I've seen it done before as a way to rapidly populate many cells, but I don't remember. I'll look it up online.

I can look for it later. Not on the dev machine right know :)