Property returniong type ok, usage not

[Edwin Knoppert]

I get this error:

PowerBASIC for Windows
PB/Win Version 9.00
Copyright (c) 1996-2008 PowerBasic Inc.
Venice, Florida USA
All Rights Reserved

Error 426 in ----
Variable expected
Line 802: R = Me.Size

        Property Get Size() As RECT
            Local R As RECT
            Property = R
        End Property

        Method Hello() As Long
            Local R As RECT
            R = Me.Size()
        End Method

[Steven Pringels 3]

hI Edwin,

Looking at your code, the R in the Get Property will not contain any
values since R is locally defined and not an Instance veriable. Is this
what you want ?

Ok, then to the meat of the problem.

Try Lset R = me.Size()

Cheers
Steven

[Edwin Knoppert]

Get Size suggest it's allowed to return a RECT variable.

[José Roca]

And it is, but you have to use TYPE SET or LSET to assign it, i.e. TYPE SET R = Me.Size().

[Edwin Knoppert]

Hmm, a bit like peek and poke isn't?
Oh well, i'll reconsider using a property then.
(Usually i return it byref)

[Edwin Knoppert]

A bit of annoying, now i have an object which i may not pass directly.

In an interface i have a property returning another interface (think of parent) and i can use it with OOP syntax.
Now i wish to pass this parent object to a function which is declared byref like:

Function Hello( ByRef oParent As IMyParentInterface ) and get a similar error.
If i use a variable and pass that it is ok like:

local oParent As IMyParentInterface
oParent = IChild.parent
Hello( oParent )

That is overhead.