Symptom

If you assign the handle of an object (for example a window) to an array whose datatype is any, the result is incorrect: you always get 0.

Environment

PowerBuilder

Reproducing the Issue

1. Create an external DataWindow object with a column of type long
2. Assign this object to a DataWindow controldw_1
3. Code the following script in the Open event of the DataWindow control
   
   any la_array[]
   la_array[1] = Handle(this)
   
   dw_1.InsertRow(0)
   dw_1.SetItem(1, 1, la_array[1])
   
   dw_1.InsertRow(0)
   dw_1.SetItem(2, 1, Handle(this))
    

You will see that values of each row are different !!
For your convenience, seeattached example

Resolution

As a workaround, you can cast the any array to a Long as follows: la_array[1] = Long(Handle(this))