>>I was thinking replacing this
>>
>>

>>IF PEMSTATUS(_VFP, [ActiveProject], 5) AND ;
>>    [O] = TYPE("_VFP.ACTIVEPROJECT") AND ;
>>    !EMPTY(_VFP.ACTIVEPROJECT.HOMEDIR)
>>
>>	* Do something
>>ENDIF
>>

>>
>>With
>>
>>

>>IF [C] = TYPE([_VFP.ACTIVEPROJECT.HOMEDIR]) AND ;
>>    !EMPTY(_VFP.ACTIVEPROJECT.HOMEDIR)
>>
>>	* Do something
>>ENDIF
>>

>>
>>Any better suggestion?
>
>I think the second variation is OK as is. What is the bigger picture?

Isn't

IF [U] <> TYPE([X1.X2...Xn])

much simpler than

IF PEMSTATUS(X1, [X2], 5) AND PEMSTATUS(X1.X2, [X3], 5) AND ... PEMSTATUS(X1.X2. ... .Xn-1, [Xn], 5)

So when would one wants to use PEMSTATUS(,, 5) in a IF structure?