>OK, it's stupid question time!
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>I created an object called my TimerManager. To test it I ring the bell every 5 seconds. So I create my object with goTimerMgr = newobject("TimerMgr", "TimerMgr.prg"). Don't laugh, it works. When I do goTimerMgr.destroy it goes away, as expected.
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>But I expected that the command "release goTimerMgr", as well as the command "goTimerMgr = null" would do the same thing, but they don't.
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>Did I misunderstand something? Does this only work for Linked Forms?

If the only reference to the object is a variable, then that object should be destroyed when the variable is cleared or goes out of scope. Is there something you're not telling us?