The following code shows a summary of the main clauses of the DEFINE CLASS command:

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DEFINE CLASS Clause [Property_Definition_Clause] [PEMName_COMATTRIB Clause] [ADD OBJECT Clause] [IMPLEMENTS Clause] [Function_Procedure_Definition_Clause] ENDDEFINE

For more information and full syntax, see DEFINE CLASS Command. For more information about a particular clause of the DEFINE CLASS command, see:

• DEFINE CLASS Clause

• Property Definition Clause

• PEMName_COMATTRIB Clause

• IMPLEMENTS Clause

• Function or Procedure Definition Clause

The following example creates a class named MyForm from the Form base class and adds a command button from the CommandButton base class and a check box from the CheckBox base class:

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DEFINE CLASS MyForm AS Form ADD OBJECT cmdButton1 AS CommandButton ADD OBJECT chkBox1 AS CheckBox ENDDEFINE

As another example, the following code creates a class called MyForm, adds a command button and check box to the class, and specifies values for the Caption properties of the command button and check box.

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DEFINE CLASS MyForm AS Form ADD OBJECT cmdButton1 AS CommandButton WITH Caption = "Yes" ADD OBJECT chkBox1 AS CheckBox WITH Caption = "Click Me" ENDDEFINE

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