>Say you have:
>

>DEFINE CLASS mx_Business AS Container OLEPUBLIC
>
>	ADD OBJECT PROTECTED oDataAccess AS mx_DataAccess	
>	oDataAccess.lLock=.F.
>	oDataAccess.cAlias=[sometable]
>
>ENDDEFINE
>

>
>...is there a way to expose just oDataAccess.cAlias?

Provide a public method expose it.

procedure GetAlias
return this.oDataAccess.cAlias

Cetin