On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 16:21:53 -0400, Jim Carwardine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


I�m having trouble with something that should be very simple to do.  Maybe
someone can tell me what I�m missing...

I�m building a reference to a specific field in a nested group in a
scrolling group:

    get quote & "actionStepDueDate" & quote & " of group " & quote &
theGroup & quote
    put getTheDate(field it) into field it

When I execute this statement, �it� contains... �actionStepDueDate� of group
�actionStep1�

I�m getting an error � �no such object� when I execute the second statement
and I don�t see what I�m doing wrong... Jim
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So, now I know that the field reference syntax is ok.  The problem seems to
be the indirect reference.  When the function getTheDate gets the parameter,
it is not the contents of the field, but the field name as it was put into
the variable "it".  Is there a technique with indirect object references?
Jim


It strikes me that you have left the 'the' out of the 'get' statement, since apparently you're referring to a custom property; but in terms of indirection you're working too hard as the engine itself will evaluate 'theGroup' and use its contents. So your 'get' line should read:

get the actionStepDueDate of group theGroup

Then I think it should work. Seems to work here, anyway. If you want to get any more indirect than this, use a 'do' statement, which evaluates a string before executing it.

HTH

Graham



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