>>>>Thank you. I was thinking the same approach too. However, I have places where some objects are instantiated in code; therefore, at run time I may still get errors. So, thoroughly testing is still required.
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>Instantiate GoFIsh4 - or even better Thor with GoFIsh4
>>>now you can search thourghout your whole project for CREATEOBJECT or ADDOBJECT a.s.o to find where your classes are called.
>>>Than you can populate your Setclasses procedure file with these and consequently: all classes are preploaded.
>>>Remove ( donot delete ) all your classes from your project and rebuilt. Only those classes now presented in your project file belong to this project, all others can be safely removed = deleted from the project folder.
>>>One word of precaution: before finaly removing them, rename them first with something like a 3times prefix underscore ( ___ ). Than rebuilt your project and exe. Run it for several times and only after enough testing you remove the classe marked with ____. In case you encounter errors classes cannot be found simply rename them with their old names and, important, add them also to your Setclasses procedure file.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>Koen
>>
>>Thank you for your input, Koen. I am still learning all the options of GoFish4. Currently I just use it to search for names. And it helps a lot. I prefer to change and remove manually in VFP IDE (since I don't know GoFish so well, I don't want to damage anything). And I use exactly the strategy you suggested. When I need to remove a class I usually will rename it to CLASS_NAME_2B_DELETED. So the "2B_DELETED" suffix will prevent the class from being used and at some point later I can delete it.
>>
>>What is "Thor"? (in a few words, please).
>
>Thor is a tool manager. It provides easy access to tools. By itself, it doesn't do much, but it comes with a couple of hundred tools, some of them very small, some much larger. For example, it includes a tool that highlights the control structure in which the cursor is located. Use it a second time and it goes out to the next control structure, and so on. Another tool reads your code and adds LOCAL declarations for any variables that aren't declared. Another lets you change the parent class of a class.
>
>Here's a paper I wrote to get people interested in Thor: http://www.tomorrowssolutionsllc.com/Conference%20Sessions/Try%20Thor's%20Terrific%20Tools.pdf.
>
>This one is about how to customize Thor: http://www.tomorrowssolutionsllc.com/Conference%20Sessions/Make%20Thor%20Your%20Own.pdf
>
>Tamar

Thank you for the explanation and the links. I will read when I have time.