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Re: determing object type at runtime in IDL [message #36849]

Fri, 31 October 2003 08:17

reger
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Registered: October 2003

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JD Smith <jdsmith@as.arizona.edu> wrote in message news:<pan.2003.10.30.00.42.47.764280.5089@as.arizona.edu>...
> On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 16:15:08 -0700, David Fanning wrote:
>
>> Rob Eger writes:
>>
>>> Is there a way to determine the type of object something is at runtime?
>>> For example, if an object x is an IDLgrView or IDLgrModel object.
>>> SIZE doesn't help as far as I can tell because it will only tell you
>>> it's an OBJREF.
>>
>> Try this:
>>
>> IDL> Print, Obj_Class(object)
>
> Or, more often what you want:
>
> IDL> print,obj_isa(object,'IDLgrModel')
>
> which searches up the inheritence tree too.
>
> JD

Thanks for the pointers. I think that'll give me what I'm looking for.

Rob.

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		Re: determing object type at runtime in IDL By: reger on Fri, 31 October 2003 08:17
		Re: determing object type at runtime in IDL By: JD Smith on Wed, 29 October 2003 16:42
		Re: determing object type at runtime in IDL By: David Fanning on Wed, 29 October 2003 15:15

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