Unless an object is AddObject/NewObject to the parent, then the Parent property does not hold a reference to anything.

Bill,
Using the NewObject function creates a free standing object. The new object will not be associated with the parent object just because you assign a property value to it. If you use the NewObject method of the parent class:

THIS.NewObject("oChild","custom")

the oChild.Parent returns the correct object.

>Every object (I think) has a Parent object reference. Try Object.Parent.Name and see what you get.
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>>I have a property on an object that is the refrence to another object (oParent.oChild). Is there a way of finding the "parent" object?
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>>More Details:
>>oParent = NEWOBJCT('parent')
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>>DEFINE CLASS parent AS custom
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>>oChild = .F.
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>>FUNCTION init
>>oChild = NEWOBJCET('custom')
>>ENDFUNC
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>>ENDDEF
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>>Who is oChild's parent?