>>Hi,
>>
>>I want to create an empty object as a property of another object. Then add a couple of properties to the empty object.
>>Here is what I know how to do:
>>

>>toObject.AddProperty("oTableInfo", "Empty")
>>

>>
>>Then, I need to add a property 'config_xml' to the oTableInfo and set it to empty string (''). I tried the following:
>>

>>AddProperty( toObject.oTableInfo, "config_xml", "")
>>

>>
>>But the above gives a run-time error. What am I missing?
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>UPDATE: This works:
>>

>>	LOCAL oTableInfo
>>	oTableInfo = CREATEOBJECT("empty")
>>	ADDPROPERTY( oTableInfo, "config_xml", "" )
>>    toObject.AddProperty("oTableInfo", oTableInfo)
>>

>>
>>Let me know if the above works but wrong.
>
>TL;DR:
>Your example should work as long as toObject is not empty object.
>This might be more secure:
>

>LOCAL oTableInfo
>oTableInfo = CREATEOBJECT("empty")
>ADDPROPERTY( oTableInfo, "config_xml", "" )
>ADDPROPERTY( toObject, "oTableInfo", oTableInfo)
>

>
>Long:
>This is the syntax for empty object:
>

>LOCAL oTableInfo
>oTableInfo = CREATEOBJECT("empty")
>ADDPROPERTY( oTableInfo, "config_xml", "" )
>

>
>This is because the empty object is empty - it exposes no methods or events - so there is no .AddProperty() method and you must use the AddProperty() function.
>
>Any other object works both ways
>

>LOCAL oTableInfo
>oTableInfo = CREATEOBJECT("custom")
>ADDPROPERTY( oTableInfo, "config_xml", "" )
>oTableInfo.AddProperty("SomeProp", vSomeValue)
>

>
>Conclusio, long code short:
>

>ADDPROPERTY( toObject, "oTableInfo",  CREATEOBJECT("empty") )
>ADDPROPERTY( toObject.oTableInfo, "config_xml", "" )
>

Lutz,

Thank you for the explanation. The above code was simple to suppress and error if some other even fails. It should be rarely used and, if used, will minimize the run-time errors.