Thanks! It looks like your code actually uses all three of the ways I had thought of .... so, I guess I've got some digging to do.



>>A question about cleaning up leftover objects:
>>
>>I have a number of objects which themselves contain objects (in properties). What is the best way for these objects to clean up after themselves?
>>

    This.oObject.Release()
>>    Release This.oObject
>>    This.oObject = .Null.

>>Are these all equivalent?
>>
>>Thanks
>
>

>TRY
>     IF TYPE("myObject") = "O" and ! ISNULL(myObject)
>           myObject.Release()
>     ENDIF
>CATCH TO loError
>     *--do logging
>ENDTRY
>TRY
>      myObject = null 
>      RELEASE myObject
>CATCH TO loError
>ENDTRY
>

>
>But also read these:
>
>http://www.west-wind.com/wconnect/weblog/ShowEntry.blog?id=692
>http://www.foxpert.com/docs/safeclasses.en.htm