<cName>
<cName> is the name of the property.
Method AutomationObject():getProperty() Foundation
Gets the value of a property.
Syntax
:getProperty( <cName> | <nID> ) --> xValue
Parameters
<nID>
<nID> is the numeric ID identifying the property. The ID of a property can be queried by the method :getIDsOfNames().
Return
The data type of the result is defined by the method that is called. If a property is accessed which is not known to the COM/ActiveX component, a runtime error occurs.
Description
:getProperty() returns the value of a property of an ActiveX component. The result can be of any data type. In case the property is of type object ("O"), then an object of class AutomationObject is returned.
Normally, method :getProperty() need not be called directly by applications. Instead, property values can be accessed via the assignment operator (:=).
// Property access via method :getProperty()
oProp := oAuto:getProperty( "Prop" )
is equivalent to
// Property access via assignment operator
oProp := oAuto:Prop
Calling :getProperty() is required when accessing properties of a COM/ActiveX component that have the same name as an instance variable of the AutomationObject.
When values are accessed from a property, then Xbase++ data types are automatically converted from COM/ActiveX data types. See the method :callMethod() for further reference.
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