if i understand your question, i believe it can be done with the objectinfo
function.
Example
go to table>>>update column>>> select the column you want to populate and in
the Value text box type
objectinfo(obj,3)
this should populate that column with the text of the object itself.
Ben
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Update MyTable Set LABEL = ObjectInfo(MyTable.obj,3)
Where LABEL is a Character field in MyTable
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