Hi Gene:

To talk with an example, if you have this:

oObj = createobject("custom") reference = "oObj"

The you have at least 3 options:

1) The way you know => &reference..referredto

2) Using evaluate => =Evaluate(reference + ".referredto")

3) My preferred: Caching the object and then using it:

oRef = Evaluate(reference) ? oRef.refered1 ? oRef.refered2 ...

2018-02-15 19:51 GMT+01:00 Gene Wirchenko genew@telus.net:

Dear Foxers:

 I sometimes have a "reference" to an object that is in the form of a

string variable. I have used &reference..referredto

 Is there a better way of doing this?

      (reference).referredto

would be nice, but it does not compile.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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