>>>Hello.....
>>>
>>>Just out of curiosity what is the difference between these two?
>>>
>>>FUNCTION ReturnSomething(MyParameter AS String)
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>>>ENDPROC
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>>>FUNCTION ReturnSomething()
>>>LPARAMETER MyParameter
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>>>ENDPROC
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>>>
>>>Thanks in advance
>>
>>
>>The second has one line of code more :-)
>>No difference.
>
>So, Why do some VFP coder use "....MyParameter AS String" or "....MyParameter AS Int "or"... MyParameter AS object"?
>This doesn't make it a HARD TYPED member, does it?

They use it for intellisense to kick in.