Subject Re: versatility of the Inspector From Bruce Beacham <bbeacham@no_plm_lowman.co.uk> Date Wed, 28 Oct 2020 22:20:20 +0000 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started This is available in the IDE or in a compiled app: set proc to :dUFLP:kminspector.wfm inspectobject(_app) Bruce Beacham On 25/10/2020 21:38, Gaetano wrote: > > Hi All, > > While looking at a Help entry recently I realized that the Inspector is > not only available in the designers but also as a standalone command - > inspect(<object>) - that can be used with any object even during program > execution apparently. > > I had never heard anyone suggest to use Inspect(), it may be that > everyone knows this and uses it or that it is one of the little known > features of dBase. > > I have many time thought about how to get to know all the available > properties or events of an object, especially after someone on the NG's > told me about a property I had no idea existed, and this seems to be the > answer to it. > > I tried it on the command line on the _app object and it returned an > inspection window with a variety of info like the character set, iniFile > location, currentUserPath...etc., including a custom property that I had > just created to check if it would be listed. > > So is anyone using this regularly? and if so, in what context do you > find it useful? > > Cheers, > Gaetano. > > >