>In some place in my framework, I do DO FORM myform NAME myvariable resulting in a myvariable becoming a type Object.
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>When the form is close, myvariable is still an Object. Should I modify my baseform to release the object or there is an automatic way of having this behavior when a form is close?

This is happening because a variable of type object is in fact a pointer to the object (e.g. a memory address). When the variable is created, it has the type "O". (My explanation: FoxPro keeps a list of variables with type for each of them. I don't know if this is the truth.). When the object is released, the variable has the value .NULL., but the type is still "O". Looks like a bug, but is not. Because the value was a memory address of an object, the type was "O". When the object is released, the value of the variable is changed, but the type is the same. I find normal this behavior.

The solution: test your variable with ISNULL() function. If it returns .t., your object doesn't exist anymore.

Vlad