>>>when I run this code:
>>>myform.release
>>>i get this error message:
>>>MYSORM is not an object
>>>Under help is says:
>>>This name was previously defined as something other than an object.
>>>You have another occurrence of name.
>>>Check your code for duplicate instances of name.
>>>--
>>>I have check. I do not have a dup name. can
>>>anybody think of anything else it could be?
>>
>>Where do you call it from?
>the ini event on a form.

Here, in Form.Init event, it's enough to say RETURN .F. to unload this form (i guess you wanted this). If you want to unload another form, then you should provide real object reference to that form.