use olastcontrol as an object reference to a control. olastcontrol is a custom property of the form set to .NULL. in the pem. i reset to .NULL. upon the forms logical initialization. after a control gets focus olastcontrol = this. at several place in my code i need to know if olastcontrol has a valid object reference. tried type("olastcontrol"), but after olastcontrol has an object reference and is reset to .NULL., it is still an object. tried olastcontrol = .NULL. but it doesnot like that (blows by the code), when it is = .NULL. but an object.

how can i identify when olastcontrol contains a valid (not .NULL.) object reference?

by the way. what is .NULL. could find no reference to it.

thanks - brenda