Jim answered your question. You need to use typecasting. The compiler
is expecting any subclass of TCPSocket. Your array could contain any
number of different subclasses. So it can only return the most common
class: the TCPSocket. You need to manually tell the compiler that
variable x contains a reference to an object of your subclass.
dim sockets(),s as myTCPSocket.
dim i as integer
sockets = myServerSocket.ActiveConnections
for i = 0 to ubound(sockets)
if sockets(i) isa myTCPSocket then
s = myTCPSocket(sockets(i)) // this is called typecasting, very
important feature
s.customProperty = true
end
next
It's a good idea to check the class of the object before attempting
to typecast it. That's why I added the if block. It's not mandatory,
but a good practice to get into.
--
Thom McGrath, <http://www.thezaz.com/>
"You don't need eyes to see, you need vision" - Maxi Jazz in
"Reverence" by Faithless
On May 3, 2006, at 10:27 PM, Jeff Edwards wrote:
Being a newbie to RB I am wondering how to use properties I have
defined in a subclass of TCPSocket, when they are created from a
ServerSocket.
It appears from the manual that the only way I can get information
about the subclassed TCPSockets that the ServerSocket creates, is
to get an array of the active connections (an array of
TCPSockets). But these TCPSockets do not contain my user defined
properties, even though if I look in the debugger they do. It's
just that when I try to use or assign the user defined properties,
I get a type mismatch error, or property does not exist error.
Just to reiterate, the tcpsocket in the debugger IS my subclass of
it and has the properties I defined.
How can I use my user defined properties?
I appreciate your help.
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