>>>Is there any way to use structured programming commands within a class definition?
>>>
>>>What I'd like to do is something like:
>>>
>>>********************
>>>LOCAL liPropertyCount, lcPropertyName
>>>
>>>DEFINE CLASS SARTest AS Custom
>>> FOR liPropertyCount = 1 TO 5 STEP 1
>>> lcPropertyName = "nProperty" + LTRIM(STR(liPropertyCount))
>>>
>>> &lcPropertyName = 0
>>>
>>> ENDFOR
>>>
>>>ENDDEFINE
>>>***********************
>>>
>>>but, of course, VFP5 complains on the FOR line.
>>>
>>>Any ideas, anyone?
>>
>>VFP6 allows you to add properties programmatically at runtime. It's not an option for VFP5.
>
>Ummmm.... didn't KenX have some cool thing for this over at ClassX.com?

Again, it's possible - my own approach to the problem was when I had a class where I new I needed to add properties at runtime, I'd include an array property and size it to fit. Awkward, but natively supported.