>The Object class is what you are thinking of in C#. As you say, VFP does not have a similar base class for all types.

But you can't modify the object class and you can't change the inheritance hierarchy of, say, a Textbox so it doesn't help in doing what Matt needs.....

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>>No, in VFP you cannot have it. In C# all classes are based on system.base (wow, forgot - need to re-check), but this would not help much either.
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>>>In VFP, how can I have a structure of my classes wherein I have one ground-zero class from which all other classes, even of different baseclass type, will inherit from?
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>>>For instance, say I want a method or property to be present in all my classes; every textboxes, every checkbox, every label, containers, etc.
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>>>Since each class can only be based on a class of the same type, I have no real ground-zero point at which I can add stuff that will be inherited by all my classes. So, apparently, I have to add the property or method to each of my root base classes. Add the new property to my textbox baseclass, add the new property to my checkbox baseclass, add the new property to my label base class, blah, blah, blah. Maintaining them in this manner seems to be a little short of a full OO architecture.
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>>>From what little I have learned about C# classes, I think you can indeed have a one ground-zero object class on which even different class types can be based.