>>Seems to me that if there is an 'encapsulated' way of doing things, than it should be done that way.
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>_Tally is a read-only property of the global system object, where the object is implied.
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>Does that interpretation make it more palatable? :)
cute.
so in C++ speak
::_Tally
VFP really needs a system object.
fox._Tally ?
fox._screen.autocenter = .T.
If they have you asking the wrong questions,
they don't have to worry about the answers.
-proverbs for paranoids #3