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NewObject() vs AddObject()
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14/02/2008 12:27:02
Mike Yearwood
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Visual FoxPro
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Object Oriented Programming
Miscellaneous
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01292009
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>>>>>There's no AddObject() function in VFP. I guess you're refering to NewObject() and AddObject() methods. If that the case than NewObject() method is very similar to the NewObject() function and AddObject() method to the CreateObject() function.
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>>>>Sorry, I was referring to the methods. Any relevant difference between .AddObject() and .NewObject()?
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>>>The .AddObject() and CreateObject() rely on SET CLASSLIB and SET PROCEDURE (non-visual classes) to find a class to instantiate. The NewObject()/.NewObject() allow to specify a class library/.FXP as parameter.
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>>So why ever use AddObject() again? Why not always use NewObject(), as it seems more flexible?
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>The most flexible of all approaches is the object factory. We always have to balance performance against programming time.
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>http://weblogs.foxite.com/andykramek/archive/2007/08/04/4508.aspx

In Tamar's response she noted that one approach is to SET CLASSLIB to all your VCX's up front, then you don't
have to worry about it later. I use this approach and it has served me well over the years. Of course, this
assumes that you don't have duplicate class names.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind
public class SystemCrasher :ICrashable
In addition, an integer field is not for irrational people
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