Possible to set custom property with setValue?

[v3gard]

The subject really says it all. I have a panel called P, with a property called "eventReference". In GEDI, I can add a panel reference to panel P, and set the property manually in the property window, which works as intended. I can also change it in control (e.g. in the root panel's initialize function) by running P.setEventReference("someValue");

Example which works:

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P.setEventReference("someValue");

However, I would like to run the "setEventReference" function dynamically using setValue in the root panel (where the panel reference is). I am running this:

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int retVal = setValue("P", "setEventReference", "someValue");
DebugN("Return value: " + retVal);

This fails however and retVal returns -1. Is this intentional?

What does work however, is if I get a pointer to the panel reference first with getShape():

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shape pShape = getShape("P");
pShape.setEventReference("someValue");

[mkoller]

You can't. User defined properties can only be changed by calling the user defined setter functions.

[v3gard]

No problem. I can live with the shape pShape = getShape("P"); workaround.