Type TAnObject = Object AField : Longint; Procedure AMethod; end; Var AnObject : TAnObject;then the following would be a valid assignment:
AnObject.AField := 0;Inside methods, fields can be accessed using the short identifier:
Procedure TAnObject.AMethod; begin ... AField := 0; ... end;Or, one can use the self identifier. The self identifier refers to the current instance of the object:
Procedure TAnObject.AMethod; begin ... Self.AField := 0; ... end;You cannot access fields that are in a private section of an object from outside the objects' methods. If you do, the compiler will complain about an unknown identifier. It is also possible to use the with statement with an object instance:
With AnObject do begin Afield := 12; AMethod; end;In this example, between the begin and end, it is as if AnObject was prepended to the Afield and Amethod identifiers. More about this in section With