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I been reading bad things about the with keyword in delphi but, in my opinion, if you don't over use it. It can make your code look simple. I often put all my TClientDataSets and TFields in TDataModules. So in my forms I had code like this procedure TMyForm.AddButtonClick(Sender: TObject); begin with LongNameDataModule do begin LongNameTable1.Insert; LongNameTable1_Field1.Value := "some value"; LongNameTable1_Field2.Value := LongNameTable2_LongNameField1.Value; LongNameTable1_Field3.Value := LongNameTable3_LongNameField1.Value; LongNameTable1_Field4.Value := LongNameTable4_LongNameField1.Value; LongNameTable1.Post; end end; without the with keyword I have to write the code like this procedure TMyForm.AddButtonClick(Sender: TObject); begin LongNameDataModule.LongNameTable1.Insert; LongNameDataModule.LongNameTable1_LongNameField1.Value := "some value"; LongNameDataModule.LongNameTable1_LongNameField2.Value := LongNameDataModule.LongNameTable2_LongNameField1.Value; LongNameDataModule.LongNameTable1_LongNameField3.Value := LongNameDataModule.LongNameTable3_LongNameField1.Value; LongNameDataModule.LongNameTable1_LongNameField4.Value := LongNameDataModule.LongNameTable4_LongNameField1.Value; LongNameDataModule.LongNameTable1.Post; end; I think is easier to read using the with keyword. Should I avoid using the with keyword?

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