>I've noticed this also with Excel COM - some properties require all their ancestors...
Yes, but in this case the entire list of ancestors:
chart.Axis(2).Step = 1
fails, except when I put that line outside the original prg.
>...But it is [very] interesting that "STORE" overcame the necessity for a family reunion. Very interesting - wunder why?
Obviously, the value assignment using indirect reference
STORE 1 TO ('.Step')forces an evaluate which gets around the problem, although direct reference of the property
STORE 1 TO .Step
fails with Syntax Error just like the first example above.
Note that indirect reference to the property only works on the right side of a value assignment (STORE TO syntax) but not on the left:
('.Step') = 1
