Kurt,

He can, but evaluate is actually better in this case and easy to do code maintenance.

>Albert,
>
>You can use macro substitution instead.
>
>

>
>IF THISFORM.AddObject(lcObjectName,"lblStepXLabel")
>   loNewObject = THISFORM.&lcObjectName
>ELSE
>   * Error
>ENDIF
>
>

>
>Kurt
>>Hi Everyone,
>>
>>Is there a better way to grab an object reference to a newly added object to a form without using EVAL() to get it? e.g. here is the code:
>>
>>THISFORM.AddObject(lcObjectName,"lblStepXLabel")
>>
>>STORE EVALUATE("THISFORM." + lcObjectName) TO loNewObject
>>
>>
>>Albert