>Hi Fabio,
>
>>try
>>

>>IF VARTYPE(loForm)='O'
>>   WITH loForm
>>      * Set some properties here
>>
>>   ENDWITH
>>
>>   loForm.Show
>>ENDIF
>>

>
>You've cracked it! thisform.release works fine now. Looks like WITH..ENDWITH is ok for setting property values, but the show command should be prefixed with the object reference.
>
>Many thanks,
>Alan

The with/endwith block creates an object reference that Release() can't release !