Frank,

Any VFP object can be released only when its 'use counter" is 0. When you're in the object, it's "use counter" is at least one and, as result, it cannot be released. In your code property will be removed but object will still exists w/o any way to access it anymore.

>I am getting a error while using the Beautify utility. So I started to review HOME() + "\tools\xsource\vfpsource\beautify\beautify.prg" when I came upon this gem on Line 337:
>

>* We embed the timer in a form because we can release the form within
>* itself but we can't release a timer within itself (prevents timer
>* reference from hanging around after we're done with it)
>

>My question is, if I attach a timer (or indeed other objects, like a custom perhaps) to the _SCREEN and then subsequently issue a

_SCREEN.RemoveObject("ObjectName")

Would that not release the object?
>
>Furthermore, could I not subclass the timer, adding a Release method:
>

>IF TYPE("This.Parent") = [O] AND PEMSTATUS(THIS.PARENT,"RemoveObject",5)
>     This.Parent.RemoveObject(This.name)
>ENDIF
>RELEASE This
>

>Wouldn't that release basically any object regardless of class?