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Field Symbols in Release 6.40

1. Reference to a type object in ASSIGN

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Modification 1

Reference to a type object in ASSIGN

With the new addition HANDLE of the ASSIGN statement, you can refer to the type objects of RTTS during the casting of field symbols.

As of Release 6.40, the RTTS classes contain methods for creating type objects independently of existing types (refer too Run Time Type Services zu Release 6.40). Together with the HANDLE addition, this allows casting to any existing or dynamically-created types at program runtime.