I'm having trouble with the following code:

with (lcObjectName)
    .IncreaseUsageCounter()
    .visible = .t.
endwith

lcObjectName contains the name of an object, but I'm getting a data type mismatch, I know the object exists, and I can see it and it's properties in the debugger, I've also tried it with "thisform" as the value for lcObjectName just for testing, and I get the same error.

It works using macro substituion, but I'm doing this inside a do while loop and AFIK macro substitutions are only evaluated once in this circumstances so it's not an option.

basically this:

with (oObject)

and this:

with oObject

behave the same way, as if the parentheses had no effect whatsoever.

TIA