>I have a custom object with a collection object added via Add Object. This collection contains a bunch of other custom objects, created via NewObject() function.
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>At some point, I needed a reference to the top level object from some of the objects in the collection. I passed it as a parameter and stored in a custom property. To clean up, in the destroy() of these custom object I have a
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>this.oParent=null
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this is useless

>but it seems that the destroy never fires. I've set breakpoints at various places. I've even tried to loop through the collection, like this:
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° this is useless °°
FOR EACH oitem IN this.octls
>		oitem.oparent=null
>		oItem=null
>	ENDFOR
°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
° this has to be enough °°
>	this.RemoveObject("oCtls")
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>but it doesn't seem to change anything - the form where this all happens won't release if any of the item objects have ever set the .oParent to the master object. If I don't visit the code where it's set, everything's fine.
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>Should I just add these as children of the master object, i.e. via this.newobject(), and just store a reference to them in the collection? I do need the collection so I can find the object when needed - they are created ad hoc and there can be an arbitrary number of them.
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>Or is there another cause why my references keep dangling?

Check if others refereces keep the object alive