4D has a built-in commend, OB GET PROPERTY NAMES, to retrieve all property names of an object in text array. However, it does not have a similar command to get property values. 4D V17, adds a new iteration structure For each that targets to iterate through collections, entity selections and objects. This provides developer easy access to every property name and value of objects. Below is a method, OB_GetValues, utilizing this new forEach iteration to retrieve a collection of values of all properties of the object:

// Name: OB_GetValues // Description: Method will return a collection of values from target object // The order of collection will match the order of array from OB GET PROPERTY NAMES // Parameter: // $1 (Object) - target object // // Return // $0(Collection)- a collection of values C_OBJECT($1) C_COLLECTION($0) C_TEXT($property) $0:=New collection For each ($property;$1)   $0.push($1 [$property]) End for each

This method is useful to covert an object to a collection of values. Below is a example:

C_OBJECT($person) C_COLLECTION($valuesCollection) $person:=New object() $person.name:="Susan" $person.age:=4 $person.registered:=True $person.family:=New object("Mother";"Kate";"Father";"John";"Brother";"David") $person.profile:=New object("hobby";New object("Dancing";"Very interested")) $valuesCollection:=OB_GetValues ($person) //Result: //[Susan,4,true,{Mother:Kate,Father:John,Brother:David},{hobby:{Dancing:Very interested}}]