>>>I am using the Registry class that comes with VFP6. I make Registry changes through this. Anyway, I end up doing this:
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>>> #include registry.h
>>> loRegistry = NewObject( "Registry", "Registry.VCX" )
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>>>Once in my form.init, button1.click, and button2.click. I am sure I am wasting memory and maintenance. How can I get this going just one time and call it repeatedly?
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>>Add a property to your form, then use it instead of a variable.
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>? How do I do that?

1 way would be:

Open the form in the form designer and on the menu click Form->New property. In the dialog box give the property a name like oRegistry. If you click the other tag on the property sheet and scroll down to the bottom it should show the new property.

Now in the init of the form add your could to create the object:

this.oRegistry = NewObject( "Registry", "Registry.VCX" )

This will store a reference to the registry object in the property. Now you can access that object with

ThisForm.oRegistry.IsKey()

hth