Ned,

Let me have a few days to check it out in depth. I'll get back to you then. If it's stable and sounds plausible, I'll apply it.

Thanks.

Kenneth.

>>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)
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>>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