>>I can use type for if there is a field in table:
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?type("mytable.myfield")="U"

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>>but with vartype
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?vartype("mytable.myfield")="U"

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>>is generates variable not found. Isn't that a bug?
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>Here's what we said in HackFox about this:
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>"Because VARTYPE() explicitly passes the expression to test as a parameter, it fails if an expression cannot be evaluated, causing an error 12, "Variable not found"—you'll still want to use TYPE() to check if a variable exists."
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>Tamar

hi Tamar,

That is not exactly true

?vartype(tamar) && U

obj = createobject('relation')
?vartype(obj.tamar) && U
?vartype(obj.BackColor) && U

&& Existing properties that are being hidden/protected generate an error
?vartype(obj.left) && Error, as with top, height, width

obj = createobject('www')
?vartype(obj.qqq)  && error


define class www as relation
	protected qqq
	qqq = 0
enddefine