>>oh!
>>release all is befor the for
>>sorry,
>>my typo
>>
>>but why does it crash on the
>>?m.f1.af1.af1.name ?
>>

>>release all
>>for m.xi = 1 to 10
>>DIMENSION af1[10]
>>m.f1 = CREATEOBJECT("custom")
>>m.f1.addproperty('af1[1]')
>>ACOPY(af1,m.f1.af1)
>>
>>m.f1.af1[1] = CREATEOBJECT('custom')
>>m.f1.af1[1].addproperty('af1[1]')
>>ACOPY(af1,m.f1.af1[1].af1)
>>?m.f1.af1.af1.name
>>endfor
>>

>>suhashegde
>>
>>Update
>>
>>infact there is also no need of the 'for' loop it crashes without it also
>
>I don't know why the fatal error appears, but at some moment, instead of a fatal error I get "unknown member".
>
>Using the debugger to see how far I can get along the containership, I note the following:
>
>Since af1 is an array, the last line should read:
>
>

>m.f1.af1[1].af1[1]
>

>
>This latest array element has the value .F., it is not an object; so you can't get its .Name property.
>
>Or, you can get the .Name one level before:
>
>

>? m.f1.af1[1].name
>

in fact it crashes without the .name

?m.f1.af1.af1 && crashes
?m.f1.af1[1].af1 && works
?m.f1.af1.af1[1] && crashes

suhashegde