>>>>VFP5
>>>>
>>>>I have some checkbox controls in a Container-based Business Object. They are numbered sequentially Check1, Check2, etc.
>>>>
>>>>I need to process these sequentially and enable or disable them appropriately. I'd like to use a FOR loop but the method I'm using to get an object reference to each checkbox seems kludgy. Can anyone see a better way?

LOCAL ;
>>>>  lcCheckBoxName, ;
>>>>  loCheckBox
>>>>
>>>>FOR lnIx = 1 TO SomeNumber STEP 1
>>>>  lcCheckBoxName = "This.Check" + LTRIM(STR(lnIx))
>>>>  loCheckBox = &lcCheckBoxName
>>>>  * Name expression or EVALUATE() don't work in above line
>>>>
>>>>ENDFOR

>>>
>>>

>>>FOR lnIx = 1 TO SomeNumber STEP 1
>>>  with eval( "This.Check" + LTRIM(STR(m.lnIx)) )
>>>   *...
>>>  endwith
>>>ENDFOR

Cetin
>>
>>Nice, Cetin! Thanks.
>>
>>UPDATE: My original code DOES work with EVALUATE(). I thought I had tested this, obviously not. The VFP5 docs don't say anything about EVALUATE() being able to return an object reference, but evidently it can, as shown nicely by Cetin's code.
>
>I believe when you tested you just missed it with one letter or dot:) FYI in the same manner this works too :
>
>store Something to ("This.Check" + LTRIM(STR(m.lnIx)) + '.Someproperty')
>
>Cetin

Even nicer for my particular needs! Thanks again.