Not a perfect solution, but you could set the name property of your forms after they are created...

aa = createobject("form")
aa.name = "form1"
bb = createobject("form")
bb.name = "form2"

If you need them to be sequential based on how many forms there are up in _screen then you could use _screen.formcount in some fashion.

If the desire is simply to have a unique name for every form that is instantiated then you can use sys(2015)

...if you have your own form subclass that you are using, then you could put code in the class definition's init event to automatically name the form's based on your needs and requirements. This would at least allow you to write the code in a single place and restore the behavior that you saw in VFP 6.

>can you please help me.
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>we are running this simple code:
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>and we have noticed a different between VFP6 and VFP9.
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>VFP6 creates the object as:
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>aa.name = "form1"
>bb.name = "form2"
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>VFP9 creates the object as:
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>aa.name = "form"
>bb.name = "form"
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>is there anyway to make vfp9 create the objects as it does in vfp6?
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>thanks
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>daryl