>Hi Rick,
>
>In https://github.com/FoxInCloud/FoxInCloud-AB, abOOP.prg, you have:
>
>- cXMLofObject(): XML definition of an object, including class and classlib; only property values different from class are stored
>- objectOfXML(): recreates or populate an existing instance of the object from XML
>
>supports nested objects, collections and array properties among others.
>
>Because of dependencies, you need the whole AB layer; to load the package, just

do AB

at program startup
>
>As we use an object-oriented naming (eg. cXMLofObject() instead of objectToXML()), it should not conflict with your naming.

Hi Thierry,

Nice code. I'll keep it in mind when I have a need closer to this ability to save and reinstantiate objects over time. My goals today are referring to references to existing objects through cursors while the original object references are still in existence.