Malcolm,

just a note to remind that RELEASE does not necessarily release what it is told to release. This is applicable to objects with "dangling references".

Also I don't see FILETOSTR() in you list.

Cheers


>Sergey,
>
>Thought I had snagged them all, but your suggestion for 'Do form ... name VAR' is one I missed.
>
>I'm not sure I understand your suggestion for 'Report form ... name VAR'. I just reviewed the VFP7 help and it doesn't look like this command actually creates or modifies the specified variable.
>
>Thanks for your feedback!
>
>Regards,
>Malcolm
>
>>DO FORM ... NAME ...
>>REPORT FORM ... NAME
>>
>>>This email updates my orignal email's list of commands by adding the following commands: Lparameters, Parameters, Function, and Procedure.
>>>
>>>Here is my short list of VFP commands/syntax that create, release or potentially update variables. Note that in the following list, VAR is used to describe simple, scalar variables, arrays, or objects. I recognize that my grouping of commands into contemporary and deprecated (commands that we should no longer use) is highly subjective.
>>>
>>>Contemporary commands:
>>>- Assignment statements: VAR = expression
>>>- Average|Calculate|Count|Sum expression [, expression ... ] to VAR [, VAR ... ]
>>>- Copy to array VAR ...
>>>- Do myfun with VAR [, VAR ... ] // forces variables to be passed by reference
>>>- Explict passing of variables by reference: myfun( @VAR [, @VAR ... ] )
>>>- Function myfun( VAR [, VAR ... ] )
>>>- For [ VAR = ... | each VAR in ]
>>>- Lparameters VAR [, VAR ... ]
>>>- Paramaters VAR [, VAR ... ]
>>>- Procedure myfun( VAR [, VAR ... ] )
>>>- Public|Local|Dimension VAR [, VAR... ]
>>>- Scatter [ memvar | to VAR| name VAR ]
>>>- Select ... into array VAR
>>>- Set textmerge to VAR memvar // new in VFP7!
>>>- Store expression to VAR [, VAR ... ]
>>>
>>>Deprecated commands:
>>>- @ ... get VAR
>>>- Accept ... to VAR
>>>- Clear memory
>>>- Declare VAR [, VAR ... ] // Dimension is the 'prefered' syntax
>>>- Private VAR [, VAR ... ] // does not create vars, but hides visibility
>>>- Release [ like pattern | except pattern ]
>>>- Restore from ... [additive]
>>>- Set Udfparms to reference // Udfparms 'should' be set to value