Really? I just typed "? VARTYPE(xyz)" into the command window and it returned "U".

>>In VFP 6, you can use the VARTYPE() function. It will return "O" for an object, and "X" for a .NULL. value.
>
>If the variable doesn't exist, VATYPE() smokes with a Variable "whatever" not found, so if the variable might not exist, or might be out of scope, TYPE() is still preferable.
>
>>
>>>Walter,
>>>
>>>I'm not sure you see the point:
>>>
>>>create cursor temp ( iID i, cFirstName c(40))
>>>insert into temp values ( 0, "Walter" )
>>>scatter name oRow
>>>
>>>? type( "oRow.Name" ) && U
>>>? type( "oRow.cFirstName" ) && C
>>>? type( "oRow" ) && O
>>>
>>>oRwo is indeed an object, it has no .Name property to test
>>>
>>>FWIW my IsObject() udf is:
>>>
>>>lparameter roObject
>>>
>>>return( ( type( "m.roObject" ) == 'O' ) and ( ! isnull( m.roObject ) ) )
>>>
>>>
>>>>Sure, but then you would use something like TYPE("Table.fields")=cType
>>>>I was only purposing anotherway for
>>>>
>>>>lExist=TYPE("oObject") AND !ISNULL(oObject)
>>>>
>>>>to determine if a object exists.