>Just a thought!
>
>Is there anything under MS's consideration for simplifying
>"set procedure to "
>
> something similar to NewObject()
>
>or a new way of calling functions without set procedure to.
>
>May be somthing like:
>***
>Function function_name( [p1, [p2, [...]]])in program_or_library_name
>***
>
>and let FoxPro take care of activating and releasing of programs.

It's pretty trivial - just make each separate function a separate .PRG file; the Project Manager will include the referenced .PRGs (you may need to explicitly add some of them to the project if they're executed indirectly by macro-sxpansion or name resolution.