Agnes,

I usually use Vartype instead of Type. However, Vartype has one big disadvantage, it errors on nonexistent objects. Try for instance ?Vartype(_screen.aa.a) .

>Hi Thomas,
>
>if yo go for the TYPE instead of PEMSTAT why not VARTYPE?
>
>Agnes
>
>>>I have a program that checks to see if a property already exists on an object before adding it, which would be the better way to determine if the property already exists?
>>
>>You can call addproperty even if the property does exist, if you only have the need to set.
>>The operation is even faster ;-)
>>If you are checking before a get, Type() might help you more than !Pemstat
>>
>>>

>>>    IF PEMSTATUS( m.loMyObject, [cNewProperty], 5)
>>>      ADDPROPERTY( m.loMyObject, [cNewProperty], [Test Information])
>>>    ENDIF
>>>