Getting References to Registered Business Objects

Getting a Business Object Reference from a Window or Page

To retrieve a reference to a registered business object (you may need to do so within a user control or subclassed control), you can use the window or page's GetBusinessObject() method. This method accepts a single string parameter specifying the class name of the business object to be retrieved (you don't need to include the class namespace).

In C#:

Customer oCustomer = (Customer)this.GetBusinessObject("Customer");

And in VB .NET:

Dim oCustomer As Customer = CType(Me.GetBusinessObject("Customer"), Customer)

Alternately, if you prefer a stronger typing approach, you can call another overload of GetBusinessObject() that accepts a Type parameter.

In C#:

Customer oCustomer = (Customer)this.GetBusinessObject(typeof(Customer));

And in VB .NET:

Dim oCustomer As Customer = CType(Me.GetBusinessObject(GetType(Customer)), Customer)