Dara,
I believe the way to get around this problem is by using an Alias variable.
Try this:
Dim objalias as Alias
Alias = tablename + ".obj"
fetch rec i from tablename
startX = centroidX(objalias)
startY = centroidY(objalias)
Good luck,
Gary.
"Thompson, Dara L. (RyTull)" wrote:
> I am having trouble figuring out how to use a user-defined file name with
> the CentroidX() and CentroidY() functions.
>
> In the following code, tablename is the user-defined file (declared as a
> global string variable).
>
> fetch rec i from tablename
> startX = centroidX(tablename.obj)
> startY = centroidY(tablename.obj)
>
> The error message is: "Found [.] while searching for [ ) ]"
>
> If the code is changed to:
> fetch rec i from tablename
> startX = centroidX(tablename)
> startY = centroidY(tablename)
>
> It compiles, but does not run in MapInfo. The following error occurs:
> "CentroidX argument 1 has invalid type"
>
> What am I missing? There must be a way to do this.
>
> TIA,
> Dara Thompson
> Senior Analyst
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