RealBASIC: Data Casting

[guilly]

Is it called data casting? Well, I think so.

Let's say I have a String named x with value "myImage".

I want to use this value as if it were a Picture object named myImage, to do for example things such as:

MainWindow.Backdrop = x (but working, of course).

I want to do this so I can store image names into a database as varchar and recall them afterwards to use them in the application.

Sorry I'm a bit of a RB beginner, but thank you all anyhow!!

 

[Viro]

No idea how helpful this will be, but someone seems to have had the same problem you do on hte REALBasic(Note the proper capitalization ) mailing list.

Check it out at http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/realbasic/listarchive-realbasic-nug/thread_01092003_28.shtml#71940

 

[guilly]

... you do on hte REALBasic(Note the proper capitalization ) mailing list....

Thanx for the correction (and for the information, of course)