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Visual FoxPro
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Object Oriented Programming
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>>>Is there any utility in VFP or in the download section that will help me extract the objects on a form for documentation?
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>>>TIA

Have you tried the Documentation Wizard native to VFP? I don't know exactly what you want, but if it is documenting the source code that creates the objects on the form, this will do the trick. It documents the entire form. I use it often. The wizard has a form set of dialogs with various options and such. In the first dialog box you have to select All Files in the file type drop down, then navigate to the folder where the form is located and select the file with the .scx extension. In the following steps I advise that you select No Change on the options for Tabs and such. A later option allows you to select what output you want, in a mover control type setup. I normally select Source Code, but there may be other things you want as well, like action diagrams, etc. Then you tell it where you want the output file and click finish. The output file, for the source code at least, can be read by anything that reads text files, including VFP with the MODIFY FILE command. You can even use the files for a form of source control with MS Word. Simply save the output to an archive folder, run the wizard on the modified form, then in Word use the document comparison feature. It works nicely.

Dana
Where's the damned Any Key?...too late
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