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>Doesn't VB need to have its variables all pre-defined or does variant work sufficiently close enough to VFP's ..ehrrr.. 'relaxed' <g> approach to variable management to make it possible? I'm thinking that macro substitution would make VB choke a little. Perhaps not as I'm not that familiar with the product...

Maybe that's why there is pseudo typing support in VFP7?!?!?! Small steps getting ever closer??? VB--->OO...big step getting closer?????
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>Then I suppose we'd all start squabbling over the name..... <g>

We could probably agree on "Thing".

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>One thing's for sure. If anyone could make it happen Calvin could..