boo posted on Friday, March 02, 2007

I get the following compile time error when setting the Date value on a property that is a SmartDate but the Date property is get/set - what's going on?

Cannot modify the return value of 'ChildObject.EffectiveDate' because it is not a variable

The offending code causing the error is:

obj.ChildObject.EffectiveDate.Date = DateTime.Now;

ajj3085 replied on Friday, March 02, 2007

That's normal because EffectiveDate is a struct, and you can't modify the properties of a struct..

change your code to:
obj.ChildObject.EffectiveDate = new SmartDate( DateTime.Now )

Assuming EffectiveDate is a SmartDate..

boo replied on Friday, March 02, 2007

duh...that's right. Thanks for helping me see the obvious...get so use to working with classes you forget struts have those special rules!