>>>>How do you set a property to a public variable?
>>>>
>>>>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?
>>>>
>>>>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.
>>>
>>>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.
>
>Does the variable you're using in the assignment exist, is assigned the value you're expecting (and is visible in the context) at the time the object is created?

Please see my reply/message to Antonio Lopes.