[V4rb] ObjectPtr query

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

on 9/23/03 6:12 PM, Fred.Stephenson at
Fred.Stephenson at communication-unltd.com wrote:

Hi Fred,
 
> Ruslan,
> I'm writing a small application with Realbasic 4.5 to compare and
> update 2 databases.
> One thing that doesn't seem to work is creating object pointers.
> here's the code :
> 
>  case kv_typeobjectPtr
>    iobjptr=vobjectptr(thefield)
> 
> 
> kobjPtr=bo.createObjectPtrField(iobjptr.name,iobjptr.target,iobjptr.deletionCo
> ntrol)

But you try send iobjptr.target
This is BaseObject of first database, yes?
And you send it to second db which DO NOT know it :-)

You need get from iobjptr.target its name
Then in second db obtain BaseObject with such name and use its pointer.

 
> //putting a breakpoint in here shows that
> // kobjptr.target=nil
> //kobjPtr.pointedObject=nil
> // if I add the following
> 
>    kobjPtr.pointedObject=iobjptr.pointedObject
> 
> //then the break shows the target and pointed object
> //as does the following line
> 
>    kobjPtr.target=iobjptr.target
> 
> However when I look at the modified database in Vapp the target is
> not there and the baseobject is not "linked".
> What am I doing wrong?

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Best regards,
Ruslan Zasukhin      [ I feel the need...the need for speed ]
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