>>>They are not the same. _VFP is reference to VFP COM interrface.
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>>Ok, thanks. I guess that means it may have a more limited functionality, as indeed in this case it didn't work.
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>You're missing the point. _Screen and _VFP provide access to different objects. Neither of them is "more limted". The _vfp.ActiveForm is COM reference and _screen.ActiveForm is VFP object reference.
OK. The reason I thought they were interchangeable is that I have seen that I can use both. Actually, about the only case I have used in practice is accessing the .ActiveForm property.
Is it reasonable to expect that accessing the COM interface be slower, because of the COM overhead?
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