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Re: determing object type at runtime in IDL [message #36861 is a reply to message #36849]

Wed, 29 October 2003 16:42

JD Smith
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Registered: December 1999

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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

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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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