>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>I looked at the VFP 9 help but the explanation of Access method is not easily understood. Could someone explain the purpose, the use, and advantages of using the Access Method (e.g. something_Access).
>>>>
>>>>TIA
>>>
>>>Tamar explains it well in this article:
http://www.tomorrowssolutionsllc.com/Articles/Put%20Access%20methods%20to%20work.pdf>>>And this is one of Doug's articles:
http://doughennig.com/Papers/Pub/AccessAssign.pdf>>
>>Thank you, Tore.
>
>You're welcome.
>
>Just to give you one sample. I use business classes for all my tables. For each field I have access methods, which all are something like this:
>
>*Myfield_access
>Return Evaluate(Myfield)
>
>So when I want to read this field value, I simply call MyClass.MyField.
>
>Likewise, I have an "opposite" method Myfield_assign which I use to change the field value.
Your example is much easier to read than many pages of an article. Thank you.
I have to follow with a very newbie question.
How is your Myfield_access different from assigning the value of the field to a property and getting the value from a property directly?
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