Any chance for a command similar to the one in VB, I think it was called "WITH". This makes it easer to use a type that you need to use many times within a code block. Can also use with deeply nested types.
Usage like this:
TYPE tAtype
x; y
ENDTYPE
GLOBAL theType as tAtype
WITH theType
.x = 50
.y = 150
ENDWITH
ALIAS