>>It's just a nice way to reference the child and parent. From either I can just say:
>>
>>this.objref.Zorder(1)
>>this.objref.Visible = .F.
>>
>>Instead of
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>>this.parent.&lcName..Zorder(1)
>>this.parent.&lcName..Visible = .F.
>
>I just gave a rather longwinded reply in another post on this, but I see what you're doing now.
>
>In the method that you're doing this, why not use a LOCAL variable instead of a property? LOCAL variables destroy themselves automatically at the end of the routine, which would solve your problem. I do that technique all the time, actually.

Because I would be defining the same local variable in several different methods. Very ugly.

Michael.