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>>PMFJI: My observed problems with _Tally have been related to the value not being reliable if multi-table selects are involved. -snip
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>Thanks. In this case I'm only using one table so I should be safe.
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>Releasing the array first was my first thought by then I loose the reference. Is there a better way to handle this maybe?
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>I have a form method that replaces the existing array with new data. I then need to pass that to a method in a class on the form. I saw a post in the FAQ about using objects as parameters but didn't quite understand it. Should I look at doing it that way?

You may call afunction from a form:
myfunction(thisform)
Then within the function you may reference all objects pertained to the form:

Function myfunction
Lparameter oForm
=messagebox(oForm.myarray[7]) && if form has custom property-array