HI John,
try with this function

*** function compobjs
lparameters obj1,obj2
local oldtag,retval
oldtag = obj1.tag
obj1.tag = "test"
retval = obj1.tag == obj2.tag
obj1.tag = oldtag
return retval


HTH

Silvio

>Hi,
> How could I compare the object references in VFP?
> ABC = thisform.text1
> IF ABC (what operator??) whateverobject_reference
> do whatever
> ENDIF
>
> VB:
> IF ABC IS WHATEVER_REFERENCE THEN
> ?????
> ENDIF
>
>Thank you