>>How do you set a property to a public variable?
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>>For example, I have a BIZ object that has a property PRE_FILTER. I set the value of this property to =cTest
>>The cTest is a public variable (for testing) and I set the value of "IN_SERVICE = 'Y'" to this variable.
>>But it has no effect. That is, when BIZ object is instantiated, it ignores the =cTest
>>What am I missing?
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>>UPDATE. If I set the value of the property PRE_FILTER to IN_SERVICE = 'Y', it works. So, the problem must be the way I set the variable to the property.
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>What were you trying to do? Were you trying to assign IN_SERVICE property to the string "IN_SERVICE = 'Y'" or the value you get when this string is evaluated?
The value in the property PRE_FILTER is added to a long SQL Select (of course, if it has a value). So, when I set the value of IN_SERVICE ='Y' to this property, it works. the SQL Select has it and the resulting query is affected.
But when I set the value to a variable (and I have not yet evaluated the actual SQL Select, which I should do), the SQL Select works as if no value is set in the property PRE_FILTER.
UPDATE. In the debugger the value in the property PRE_FILTER is .F. So, basically, when using =cTest, VFP evaluates. But this is not what I wanted.
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