Elyse:
The following is some code of mine from my previous job (thank goodness for www.dejanews.com :-) It did the trick for me. Perhaps you'll find something to help you.

>>>>>
>>>>>I added a method to my baseform named CLEAROBJECTS and pasted the
>>>>>CLEAROBJECTS PROCEDURE there. If this is not where it goes, would you
>>>>>post back.
>>>>>My initial experimentation with this code works fine with no problems.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks Again. You just saved me serveral days of work.
>>>>>--
>>>>>Brett Slattery
>>>>>Slattery@ewol.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Nancy Folsom <abqnfatdamesdotcom> wrote in article
>>>>><OqTotC9k9GA.259@uppssnewspub04.moswest.msn.net>...
>>>>>> And, I trust you'll offer me suggestions for improvements?  I have to
>>>>>say
>>>>>> this code was born of desperation. But here it is..
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *!* Snippet from Class definition
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  PROCEDURE clearobjects
>>>>>>   LPARAMETER o_This
>>>>>>   LOCAL oi
>>>>>>   DO CASE
>>>>>>   CASE TYPE( "o_This" ) <> 'O'
>>>>>>    RETURN .F.
>>>>>>   *!* CASE PEMSTATUS( o_this, 'controls', 5 )
>>>>>>   CASE TYPE( 'o_this.controls') != 'U'
>>>>>>    FOR EACH oi IN o_this.controls
>>>>>>     this.ClearObjects( oi )
>>>>>>     o_this.removeobject( oi.name )
>>>>>>    NEXT
>>>>>>   *!*CASE PEMSTATUS( o_this, 'pages', 5 )
>>>>>>   CASE TYPE( 'o_this.pages') != 'U'
>>>>>>    FOR EACH oi IN o_this.pages
>>>>>>     this.ClearObjects( oi )
>>>>>>     o_this.removeobject( oi.name )
>>>>>>    NEXT
>>>>>>   ENDCASE
>>>>>>   RETURN .T. ENDPROC
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  PROCEDURE Unload
>>>>>>   RELEASE this
>>>>>>  ENDPROC
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  PROCEDURE Release
>>>>>>   this.lockscreen = .T.
>>>>>>   this.ClearObjects( this )
>>>>>>   this.lockscreen = .F.
>>>>>>   RELEASE this
>>>>>>  ENDPROC
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *End Snippet
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A couple of notes.  Most important, note the commented PEMSTATUS
>>>>>calls.
>>>>>> David F. posted recently that this function can leave lingering
>>>>>object
>>>>>> references.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also, I use recursion, which I have a weakness for, but a lot of
>>>>>folks
>>>>>> recommending rewriting recursion to use iterative algorithm.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> HTH.

>HELP! My system was supposed to be finished today and suddenly my form is not releasing. I know that it probably means there is a reference to an object somewhere but I can't for the life of me find it. (I don't use PEMSTATUS more than once in the form.) Is there any way to make sure that all the objects associated with a form get released when I say ThisForm.Release()? Any help greatly appreciated!
>
>Thanks,
>Elyse