I would assume that CursorSource must be a character type (C)

>Thank you Naomi
>
>I tested "type" in form objects and worked
>
>But it's not working in code below
>
>
>****************************************
> FOR myObj = 1 TO 3 DO
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> IF TYPE(("thisform.dataenvironment.cursor" + transform(myObj) + ".cursorsource")) = "L"
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> = MESSAGEBOX ("OK")
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> ENDIF
>
> NEXT
>******************************************************************
>
>
>No OK message
>
>***also tried IF TYPE ("thisform.dataenvironment.cursor" + transform(myObj) + ".cursorsource") = "L"