How to instantiate a blueprint class at run time instead of its c++ base class?

Development Programming & Scripting C++
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I am trying to dynamically create an object at runtime from a BP class which is derived from a C++ class. The BP class declaration only changes the value of an integer member variable called TestVariable. When I print the value of this variable on the newly created object, I expect it to print the value set in the BP declaration but it instead prints the default C++ class value.

I suspect that line 3 of the included code creates an object of the ParentClass rather than the child class. Is there somehow a limitation in the engine regarding this or am I overlooking something silly?

Edit: This is a modified version of the snippet only changing variable names and removing log statements, but the original version does print “BP_InventorySlotContainerBox_C” (BLUEPRINT classname) as expected.

Edit 2: To my knowledge I am following all the steps outlined in this solution: How to instantiate BP class in C++ - Blueprint - Epic Developer Community Forums

if (ClassToCreate)
	{
		CreatedObject = NewObject<ParentClass>(ClassToCreate);
		
		if (CreatedObject)
		{
			UE_LOG(LogTemp, Warning, TEXT("Box  %i"), CreatedObject->TestVariable);
		}
	}
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I think I’ve resolved the issue by passing this into NewObject’s outer parameter. Looks like there’s no overload for just passing in a UCLASS