>>Yes, I get the bug using your original code.
>>
>>Does the following work for you?
>>

for m.xi = 1 to 10
>>	release ALL EXCEPT x*
>>	DIMENSION xxx[10]
>>
>>	m.f1 = CREATEOBJECT("custom")
>>	m.f1.addproperty('ayyy[1]')
>>	ACOPY(xxx,m.f1.ayyy)
>>
>>	m.f1.ayyy[1] = CREATEOBJECT('custom')
>>	m.f1.ayyy[1].addproperty('azzz[1]')
>>
>>	ACOPY(xxx, m.f1.ayyy[1].azzz)
>>	?m.f1.ayyy[1].name
>>endfor

>
>
>this works good and .name was just for a reference that is not acctually needed
>it would fail only if there is no array element specified
>
>Like
>
>?m.f1.ayyy.azzz && crashes
>?m.f1.ayyy[1].azzz && works
>?m.f1.ayyy.azzz[1] && crashes
>
>even
>
>

>	release ALL
>for m.xi = 1 to 10
>
>	DIMENSION xxx[10]
>
>	m.f1 = CREATEOBJECT("custom")
>	m.f1.addproperty('ayyy[1]')
>	ACOPY(xxx,m.f1.ayyy)
>
>	m.f1.ayyy[1] = CREATEOBJECT('custom')
>	m.f1.ayyy[1].addproperty('azzz[1]')
>
>	ACOPY(xxx, m.f1.ayyy[1].azzz)
>	?m.f1.ayyy.azzz[1] && this crashes
>endfor
>

>
>But shouldnt the first element be returned without []

I don't think so... when you reference just the array name you are referring to the WHOLE array.