>I'm sorry, I can't envision that. Usually I can use eval() to get the object >reference.
>Can you give me an example?

Sure:

Lets say I'm wanting to set the color of a shape in a graphical
representation of some data. I have a mask to tell me what to do...

for lnCnt = 1 to SliderPosition
 for lnCnt2 = 1 to SomeNumberOfShapes 
   if occurs("T", lcCurMask) > 0
     lcCommand = "this.Object"+allt(str(lnCnt-lnSlider+1))+;
	         ".shape"+allt(str(lnCnt2))+".visible = .T."
     &lcCommand
     lcCommand = "this.Object"+allt(str(lnCnt-lnSlider+1))+;
		 ".shape"+allt(str(lnCnt2))+".backcolor = rgb(0,255,0)"
     &lcCommand
   endif
 endfor
endfor

The example is not complete but basically I'm setting the visible and color properties of a row of shapes in an object based on the count minus the position of a slider control plus one. :)