David,

Thanks for reply - I'm more "curious about theory" here - I have no problem dealing with it practically.

>Every contained object is a row in the classlib. So if your class contains 30 objects, every time you save the class you'll cause 30 +/- records to be deleted.

So why can't it just update the row that is already there? Especially for minor changes.

>I think the issue of of whether or not VFP can pack those records out at design time seems to be dependent on how much containership is involved in your classes.

Well - obviously - but there has to be some particular set of circumstances that makes it start bloating.


>Just get used to a periodic self pack, and the opportunity to recover prior versions of your class. *bg*

all my routines for packing are automated - so, again, no biggie from a practical standpoint - just curious about what's going on.

Thanks!