>>>>>I was going to write a utility program that generates skeleton code to convert/map table attributes to a class but though maybe someone has already done this that I could steal and save time 8-)
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>>>>>At the very least it needs to map each table column with equivalent class property with both assign and access methods and create generic default methods like Save(), Delete(), Fetch(), Search(), etc. Think in terms of a "Class Template".
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>I just don't think it tackles the question. The quest is a shortcut to creating table template classes, with methods for specific functionality for each field in the form of Access/Assign methods.
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>There is no built in way in VFP to add custom methods programmatically. You'd have to hack the vcx.

He doesn't need to do anything with "adding custom methods programmatically" - he may just have a generic property called record=.null., and then use

scatter name this.record

, and have a generic GetValue and SetValue methods, which would return .null. for nonexistent fields, and .f. for writes into nonexistent fields.

Furthermore, he may have an array of this.records[n], so the object may keep the whole grid (but then why was the table buffering invented at all?).