VFP doesn't have strong typing. In the best case (COM DLL) variable type info is added to a type library. In other cases it's treated as a comment.
You cannot pass parameters to a COM object INIT so 'AS' is useless there. Try to remove them.

>Hi,
>I am new to "strong typing" of vfp7. May I know what wrong with this code?
>
>

>	PROCEDURE INIT(toHostObject AS Object) AS Boolean
>		IF IsObject(toHostObject)
>			THIS.oHostObject = toHostObject
>		ENDIF
>		
>		WITH THIS
>			.oWarningCollection = CREATEOBJECT(.cCollectionClass)
>			.oBrokenRuleCollection = CREATEOBJECT(.cCollectionClass)
>			.oRequiredFieldCollection = CREATEOBJECT(.cCollectionClass)
>			.oEmptyRequiredFieldCollection = CREATEOBJECT(.cCollectionClass)
>		ENDWITH
>	ENDPROC
>

>
>I get error
>
>Statement:IF IsObject(toHostObject)
>Message: No PARAMETER statement is found.Error: 36
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thank you