In VFP you cannot create class that isn't based on one of the VFP classes. However you can hide PEM's you don't need when you create your class. For example,

DEFINE CLASS test AS custom
	Name = "test"
	HIDDEN addobject
	HIDDEN cloneobject
	HIDDEN comment
	HIDDEN controlcount
	HIDDEN controls
	HIDDEN height
	HIDDEN newobject
	HIDDEN objects
	HIDDEN picture
	HIDDEN readexpression
	HIDDEN readmethod
	HIDDEN removeobject
	HIDDEN resettodefault
	HIDDEN saveasclass
	HIDDEN showwhatsthis
	HIDDEN tag
	HIDDEN whatsthishelpid
	HIDDEN width
	HIDDEN writeexpression
	HIDDEN writemethod
	HIDDEN name
	HIDDEN classlibrary
	HIDDEN helpcontextid
	HIDDEN parent
	HIDDEN parentclass
	HIDDEN class
	HIDDEN baseclass
ENDDEFINE

>Hi
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>How do I create a 'Clean' class? By that I mean a class that doesn't inherit anything from other base classes. For example when I
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DEFINE CLASS test as Custom

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>I end up with a whole lot of other variable that I don't want. What I would like is something similar to the named object that is created by the SCATTER command.
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>I haven't been able to figure out (form the Help) how to define a structure that is not a class, yet equally I cannot create a class without any overhead either.
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>Could some kind person enlighten me.
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>Ta very muchly
>regards
>Geoff Scott