>Assuming we create an object, such as:
>
>

>loProcess=CREATE("UniversalThread",loServer)
>

>
>Why would there be a need to verify this:
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>IF VARTYPE(loProcess)#"O"
>   *** All we can do is return...
>   WAIT WINDOW NOWAIT "Unable to create Process object..."
>   RETURN .F.
>ENDIF
>

>
>if the same program who fires those lines contains the following:
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>DEFINE CLASS UniversalThread AS wwProcess
>

>
>I am wondering in which situation it could failed.

Michel,
-You might edit wwProcess subclass to return .f. in init.
-w/o editing init at all default init code checks if it has Response object or can create it and if messaging type is 'file' a valid outputfile exists or not.
loServer in chain could also fail within edited SetServerEnvironment returning .f.
Those could return an .f. from init not instantiating the UT class at all.
Cetin