>David,
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>>Null objects don't have a name. All other VFP objects do.
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>SCATTER NAME oSomething
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>will not have a Name property unless the underlying table has a field named Name.

Good point! And ActiveX components too.

Tell me Dave, now that there's VARTYPE() which I think returns 'X' for a null object type, what's the best/fastest solution?