Hi Eric,

>So I need to identify each separate object so I can retrieve them.
>Something like container1.container1.object_n, or is there a unique number or something assign uniquely to each object?

You can use the Controls property to do a run through, for an example of this (I haven't used it) click "NEW" and you should see a File by Nancy Folsom to do this: file#9621 Example show iterating through controls