Through experimentation, I discovered the "method #1" in FAQ #8110, for creating arrays of controls. Some of the top programmers here claim that this method is unsupported - meaning that you might get unexpected results (under certain conditions, or in future versions). Caveat emptor.
>Hi All,
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>I have a loop which adds objects to a form in the form's INIT event. Is there a way to reference the objects within the loop to adjust their properties (the loop round is part of the property value,) without using macros? The code below works, but, yuch!
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>FOR a=1 TO mn_tot_periods
> obj_name='period'+ALLTRIM(STR(a))
> THISFORM.ADDOBJECT(obj_name,'day_act_shape')
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> clunky_macro1 = "thisform."+obj_name+".top"
> &clunky_macro1 = (a*19)
>
> clunky_macro2 = "thisform."+obj_name+".visible"
> &clunky_macro2 = .T.
>ENDFOR
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>Thanks!
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