OK, thanks for the clarification. It looks quite interesting.
>Yes, in VFP we call functions like:
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>upper(trim(str( value )))
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>C# can chain methods like:
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>value.ToString().Trim().ToUpper()
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>Also sometimes this is usefull:
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>((casttype)value).method
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>Like:
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>x = (casttype)value;
>x.method();
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>When value doesn't directly support the method w/o casting.
>Cetin
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