> So I will drop it now (as has the author).

Well, I guess we've flogged it to death. But thanks for the interesting discussion!

I'm still trying to figure out the best way to design object oriented software... with FoxPro... and I've got a lot to learn.

Besides, I'm about to open a new thread with another silly question.

I was recently trying to explain to a non-technical friend recently the difference between FP2.6 and VFP. I said "in FP2.6 you typically have about 5 ways do anything (where do I come up with figures like that?). The difference is that now, in VFP, you have 10 ways to do it.."

--- Tom