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· File handles (if the object is maintained on a file).

· Security information.

· Flags and status information used by the programming logic.

If the local variable contains an object identifier to another object, specify the

keyword OBJECT after the variable name. When the object is deleted, ProvideX will

use the REF( ) function against the object identifier to remove it (as long as it has no

other references); e.g.,

DEF CLASS "Customer"

LOCAL File OBJECT

When you delete an object whose class is Customer, then the system reduces the

reference count of the object whose identifier is in File and, if it is no longer being

referenced, deletes it as well.

Refer to the following functions and directives for related information on Object

Oriented Programming:

Object Oriented Programming, p.21

DEF CLASS Define Object Class, p.64

DROP CLASS Delete Class Definition, p.101

DROP OBJECT Delete Object, p.103

FUNCTION Declare Object Method, p.136

LIKE Inherit Properties, p.173

LOAD CLASS Pre-Load Class Definition, p.194

PROGRAM Create/Assign Program File, p.257

PROPERTY Declare Object Properties, p.259

RENAME CLASS Change Name of Class, p.281

STATIC Add Local Properties at Runtime, p.327

NEW( ) Function, p.487

REF( ) Function, p.510