>I'm using this to simply make an exact copy of an object's properties structure (either a class-type object like 'Relation',etc. or a structure-type class that SCATTER NAME... gives me). I'm just using CREATE CURSOR and then SCATTER NAME to get back an exact copy of the structure of the original object. I can then put that exact copy into whatever I need to (simple object reference, object array, etc.) and as many times as I need to. I'm probably taking a speed hit with creating the cursor but it's not big enough to worry about yet considering the problems with having extra object properties.
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>- A Hilton

Your object is a VFP data object so scatter name works great. I am receiving a C++ data object. In that case the scatter name command takes the active data table I am on and scatters it's properties, not my object.

__Stephen