>Ned,
>
>We have this problem in VFP5 too. They are called hanging objects.
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>If you assigned the reference of the object to a form property, the DS releases together with the form (DS closed, all tables closed)
>
>However, if the object was assigbed to a PUBLIC var, it stays (but not "UnKnown").
>
>Tell me if this makes sense in VFP6.
>
>Kenneth.

As far as I know the behavior is the same in VFP6.

I will be interested to learn if the idea that I threw out proves workable for you.

Thanks,
Ned