>>Maybe I'm missing something in my understanding of this, but it seems to me that Intellisense is something like auto-completion on steroids. I.e. a feature that one uses during the process of writing programs, as opposed to a runtime debugging tool. Likewise, the impression I get about Object Browsers is that they operate against class libraries DLLs, etc. If these tools are somehow able to perform the role of a runtime debugger, it sure isn't clear from what I read about them. I'm not familiar with the VB Object Browser, but my vague impression is that what people call "Object Browsers" is something akin to VFP's Class Browser. This is nice, but it's not what I'm talking about.
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>Yes, this is all design-time stuff, but what it does is let you get the code right in the first place and cut down on your debugging needs. In addition, IntelliSense works with live objects. When I'm working on Automation code, I often create the server in the Command Window and experiment with it to figure out what code I need to write. Once I issue something like:
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>So, instead of having to open the Help and start guessing what I need, I can just work with the live list of members. I find it's made me far more productive.
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Hi Tamar,

Yes, I understand what Intellisense is about, and I don't doubt its convenience. Still, there's no substitute for good documentation, well organized and readily available. I guess I don't have to tell you about that!

When I speak of significant improvements to the VFP Debugger, it's not about "debugging". I'm really talking about the step that precedes even writing a single line of code, i.e. simply examining a complex object, not a static class definition, but a live, instantiated object. That's what I meant about the blind man in the forest. Things become a lot clearer when you can actually look at a live instance of an object, as opposed to blindly probing by trial and error to determine its structure.

Anyway, all of these new VFP7 features sound marvelous, and I am truly looking forward to making use of them.

Mike