>Are all objects in a form PRIVATE by nature even if their
>name is the same as a public object or variable?
>
>I know all variables in a program or procedure are
>private unless they are the same name as a public one.
>In that case you need to declare the varible as PRIVATE.
>
>How do you declare an object in a form as private?
>can you declare all objects at once in the form as private?

Andy,
Objects are private in a manner to their owning form because in their object reference hierarchy form is the topmost container (it might be a formset then hierarchy formset.form.object). Thus formA.myObject and formB.myObject and even formA.myContainer.myObject are totaly different. OTOH it doesn't completely reflect private var definition, because you can access to an existing object from any level via its object reference.
To make all objects "private" (more truely local) you can get them in a "control" container. Definitions are not one-to-one applicable as private or local but reflect up to a point.
Cetin