>Am I missing something here?
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>Using VFP6.0...
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>I have a method that instantiates my forms. In this method, I check to see if the form was, indeed, instantiated. If not, I do not increment my forms array.
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>I was using vartype(myform). If the form was instantiated, vartype() returns 'O', as it should, it errors if the form was not instantiated as opposed to returning 'U'. If I use type(), in this case, I get the expected behavior.
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>What gives?

You should also check for .NULL.:
if type("this.aformarray[n]")<>"O" and not isnull(this.aformarray[n])