>>>Yes, but in the initial message Jorge ask for a way to reference an
>>>array without copy it...
>>
>>That's exactly what one of the techniques does, and it's faster than macro substitution. Note:
>>
>>>>2. Use the EVAL() function to access the Nth element of oMyObject.aMyArray by saying:
>>>>cThisElement=cMyArrayRef + "(N)"
>>>>Now you can change the value of N as often as you like and resolve the value of the Nth element by simply asking for Eval(cThisElement)
>>
>>:)
>Thanks you guys (Gérald & Mark) for your advise, I'm migrating my applications to VFP 5.0, I guess I have to rewrite my old array functions so now they can handle array properties.
>
>Have any of you tested what could be faster, either copy the array to a temp array or do the macro substitution as Gérald proposes?

I don't know, if you have only some little things to do in your
procedure, it's a question of programming style.

In the other hand, if you have some big process to handle, it could
be a good idea to test both ways to make an advised choice...

:)