>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?
>
>

>    AMEMBERS( m.laPropertySet, m.loMyObject )
>    IF ASCAN(m.laPropertySet,[cNewProperty],1,0,1,1)>0 && Case insensitive search, 0-not found
>      ADDPROPERTY( m.loMyObject, [cNewProperty], [Test Information])
>    ENDIF
>    
>    && or should I do this instead:
>    
>    IF PEMSTATUS( m.loMyObject, [cNewProperty], 5)
>      ADDPROPERTY( m.loMyObject, [cNewProperty], [Test Information])
>    ENDIF
>

>
>What do you think?

Without checking other replies - surely Pemstatus or also GetPem.