can you pas pointer to the subform from the host? then you should be able to Resolve Pointer to get the subform name
> Miyako, > > I didn’t give the full background. I have a component which makes > methods and forms (to be used as subforms) available to its host. I > want to keep the interface between the component and the host as > simply as possible. Some methods need to be run in the context of > the subform. It’s nice for the host not to care whether a component > method it calls need to be run in the subform. > > So the component checks to see if a called method is being run in > subform context and if it’s not, puts it into the subform context by > calling EXECUTE METHOD IN SUBFORM. To do that, it has to know the > name of the subform object. > > Of course the host could pass the name of the object; in this > particular situation, it would be nice if it didn’t have to do that, > if the component code could get the name of the subform by itself. If > it can’t, it can’t, but it does seem a little odd. OBJECT get > name(object current) doesn’t work. > > Jeremy > >> On 27 Sep 2019, at 01:33, Keisuke Miyako via 4D_Tech >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> just like any regular form object (button, etc), >> the object name should have no inferred effect on the subform. >> >> the bounding variable (data source) should be the only thing >> that inherently controls its behaviour. >> >> anything else should be considered an option >> and explicitly given to the subform from parent via an API >> >> EXECUTE METHOD IN SUBFORM, or OBJECT Get pointer(*;...;subform) etc. >> >> 2019/09/27 7:28、Jeremy Roussak via 4D_Tech >> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>のメール: >> >> I can get a pointer to the subform’s variable using OBJECT Get >> pointer(Object subform container). How do I get the name of the >> object (on the parent form) which holds the subform? > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** ------------ Hell is other people Jean-Paul Sartre ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
