Re: Scope/Protection Question

[Joe Strout <joe@inspiringapps.com>]

Karen wrote:

> Say I have a Class1 that has a PROTECTED property Property1
>
> Class2 Inherits From Class1
> Class2 Has a property Parent as Class1
>
> In a method on Class1 I have a method:
>
> Sub Class1.aMethod(Parent as Class2)
>   me.Property1 = Parent.Property1
> End Sub
>
> I thought I should be able to do that as i thought protected properties 
> should be able accessed within the class and it's subclasses
I agree, you should be able to.  That you can't is probably a subtle 
design flaw in the compiler.  You can workaround it by typecasting 
Parent to Class1 before accessing its protected property.  (Or, as you 
found, change the declaration of the parameter -- probably a better 
solution, since the base class really shouldn't be know about its 
subclasses.)
Best,
- Joe

--
Joe Strout
Inspiring Applications, Inc.
http://www.InspiringApps.com


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