>>>I know what you mean by public variable ... so do you mean like this: ?
>>>
>>>PUBLIC oApp
>>>oApp=CreateObject("app")
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>>YUP! (s)
>>Tom
>
>Thanks!!!
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>But for a general discussion. I am creating a Environment Class because I don't want to have to track my Public Global Variables such as m.g_username, m.g_usercode, etc..
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>Now I still have to track a Public variable (object), "oApp". What did I really accomplish? Is it that I'm only tracking one Public variable (oApp) instead of many (m.g_username , m.g_usercode , m.g_userdefaultdrive, etc.) since these are now properties of oApp.
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>So what did this OOP really accomplish? (Although just printing out vcx's is a heck of a lot easier then tracking were variables are defined and initialized in the old way of programming.)
>
>Thanks again for your answers.
>Gene Berger
>Nationwide Warehouse & Storage
>Columbus, OHIO

In a simple Nutshell one public var is all you need. The rest can be properies of oAPP.

Tom