Sorry about taking so long to respond -- it's been a _very_ long week.
The character equivalent that you'll get will be sonetime like:
formname.pageframe.page.container.control
for those objects on forms and:
container.control
for those objects on _screen.
You'll have to look through the _screen.forms() array to find the right
form, or look through _screen.objects() to find the right object. Once
you've got that, you'll be able to reference the object as (for
example):
_screen.forms(4).pageframe.page.container.control
or
_screen.objects(3).container.control
from any form.
> >Why not use a character depiction of the reference, instead of a
> direct
> >pointer? This'll take a millisecond to resolve into a pointer when
> you
> >require it, but it'll also allow you to blow away objects on a whim
> (or
> >a crash) if required. In any of the application level classes that I
> >use, I hold a character reference, just so I don't have a pointer
> >holding the object open.
>
> Excuse me, Paul, do you mean setting a property to something like
> "THISFORM.MyObject" and when needing the reference just issuing & on
> the
> property?
>
> If so, that couldn't be done if I want to use the reference in another
> place such as another Form or another object outside it (what is very
> usual
> here). For example, how could I use a character depiction of the
> reference
> in this situation:
>
> DO FORM MyForm WITH THISFORM
>
> Did I understand you well or am I missing something?