>>>>Hello all.
>>>>
>>>>I been do foxpro for years now and I just discover something.
>>>>I never knew "CLOSE ALL" statement affects "SET CLASSLIB..." statement.
>>>>
>>>>Is this true?
>>>
>>>CLOSE ALL or CLEAR ALL are both quite drastic - closing a lot of things - and should never be used, except close to the very beginning and very end of an application.
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>>So you agree.
>>
>>I never thought it wiped out "set classlib to ..." statement tho.
>
>I never gave much thought about what command does what - I used the combination CLOSE ALL / CLEAR ALL to get a "clean slate". I would expect this combination to clear almost everything, including a SET CLASSLIB. But from the list of functions each command performs, it would seem more logical for CLEAR ALL to clear the classlib, and not CLOSE ALL

I learned this the hard way... all afternoon.