Vlad,

Perhaps we are talking about two different things. I would love to have STATIC variables available in VFP, but they are not available. Seeing as they aren;t there we need to find the best way to provide the same functionality they provide. The best way, IMHO, to do this is to use an object and a property of that object as a pseudo static variable.

STATIC variables are always LOCAL, they are unavialable to the calling or called routines from the routine that declares them. The difference between a true LOCAL and a STATIC is that the STATIC retains its value between calls.

STATIC members of objects are something different, and I was not discussing them at all. My post was related, strictly, to static variables and how to simulate them since VFP doesn't have them.