Read container element in program exits

Hi all,
again me
Today the question is that i want to read and change the element 'ObjectType' of an BOR element's container before execute method of the task. I use the program exits with CL_SWF_TST_PE_BEFOREEXEC class, it's work fine.
But this element is a BOR of a BOR, so i know how to read an element with CALL METHOD container->element_get_value but in this case how can i do ?
Thanks
Edited by: CECG on Jan 24, 2008 2:46 PM

I think you can use following macros
swc_get_object_type
swc_get_object_key
Checki in Include <CNTN01> for syntax
Thanks
Arghadip

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