Yes, that is the way I am going. I was just hoping someone had already written 
this function ...

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Laurie Alvey
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 5:13 AM
To: ProFox Email List <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Object compare

Have you considered using COMPOBJ(o1,o2) which if it returns .F., you can then 
use AMEMBERS() to find the differences?

Laurie

On 18 September 2015 at 17:11, Thierry Nivelet <[email protected]>
wrote:

> a structured XML will probably make it clearer (#c#: class, #cl#: 
> class
> library):
>
>
> <#o#>
>     <#c#>Collection</#c#>
>     <#cl#></#cl#>
>     <#p#>
>         <#n#>object</#n#>
>         <#t#>O</#t#>
>         <#v#>
>             <#o#>
>                 <#c#>Collection</#c#>
>                 <#cl#></#cl#>
>                 <#p#>
>                     <#n#>object</#n#>
>                     <#t#>O</#t#>
>                     <#v#>
>                         <#o#>
>                             <#c#>Custom</#c#>
>                             <#cl#></#cl#>
>                             <#p#>
>                                 <#n#>object</#n#>
>                                 <#t#>O</#t#>
>                                 <#v#></#v#>
>                             </#p#>
>                             <#p#>
>                                 <#n#>string</#n#>
>                                 <#t#>C</#t#>
>                                 <#v#>testValue</#v#>
>                             </#p#>
>                         </#o#>
>                     </#v#>
>                 </#p#>
>                 <#p#>
>                     <#n#>string</#n#>
>                     <#t#>C</#t#>
>                     <#v#>testValue</#v#>
>                 </#p#>
>                 <#item#>
>                     <#key#>testItem1</#key#>
>                     <#type#>C</#type#>
>                     <#value#>testItem1</#value#>
>                 </#item#>
>                 <#item#>
>                     <#key#>testItem2</#key#>
>                     <#type#>C</#type#>
>                     <#value#>testItem2</#value#>
>                 </#item#>
>             </#o#>
>         </#v#>
>     </#p#>
>     <#p#>
>         <#n#>string</#n#>
>         <#t#>C</#t#>
>         <#v#>testValue</#v#>
>     </#p#>
>     <#item#>
>         <#key#>testItem1</#key#>
>         <#type#>C</#type#>
>         <#value#>testItem1</#value#>
>     </#item#>
>     <#item#>
>         <#key#>testItem2</#key#>
>         <#type#>C</#type#>
>         <#value#>testItem2</#value#>
>     </#item#>
> </#o#>
>
> Thierry Nivelet
> FoxInCloud
> Give your VFP app a second life in the cloud http://foxincloud.com/
>
> Le 18/09/2015 17:39, Thierry Nivelet a écrit :
>
>> Hi Kent,
>>
>> we have a cXMLofObject() function which linearizes an object into an 
>> XML string, supporting all VFP classes including collections (not COM 
>> object), and array properties. Here is a sample XML generated:
>>
>> <#o#><#c#>Collection</#c#><#cl#></#cl#><#p#><#n#>object</#n#><#t#>O</
>> #t#><#v#><#o#><#c#>Collection</#c#><#cl#></#cl#><#p#><#n#>object</#n#
>> ><#t#>O</#t#><#v#><#o#><#c#>Custom</#c#><#cl#></#cl#><#p#><#n#>object
>> </#n#><#t#>O</#t#><#v#></#v#></#p#><#p#><#n#>string</#n#><#t#>C</#t#>
>> <#v#>testValue</#v#></#p#></#o#></#v#></#p#><#p#><#n#>string</#n#><#t
>> #>C</#t#><#v#>testValue</#v#></#p#><#item#><#key#>testItem1</#key#><#
>> type#>C</#type#><#value#>testItem1</#value#></#item#><#item#><#key#>t
>> estItem2</#key#><#type#>C</#type#><#value#>testItem2</#value#></#item
>> #></#o#></#v#></#p#><#p#><#n#>string</#n#><#t#>C</#t#><#v#>testValue<
>> /#v#></#p#><#item#><#key#>testItem1</#key#><#type#>C</#type#><#value#
>> >testItem1</#value#></#item#><#item#><#key#>testItem2</#key#><#type#>
>> C</#type#><#value#>testItem2</#value#></#item#></#o#>
>>
>>
>> If you find a way to diff 2 such XML, it should suit you.
>>
>> Thierry Nivelet
>> FoxInCloud
>> Give your VFP app a second life in the cloud http://foxincloud.com/
>>
>> Le 18/09/2015 16:16, Kent Belan a écrit :
>>
>>> Happy Friday !!!
>>>
>>> I need to write a function that will compare 2 objects and return a 
>>> string listing the differences.
>>>
>>> Before I start, I was hoping someone already has this function and 
>>> would share the code ??
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Kent
>>>
>>>
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