>>>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. :)
>
>In this case you can use name expression
>

>STORE .T. TO ( "this.Object"+allt(str(lnCnt-lnSlider+1))+;
>	         ".shape"+allt(str(lnCnt2))+".visible )
>STORE rgb(0,255,0) TO ("this.Object"+allt(str(lnCnt-lnSlider+1))+;
>		 ".shape"+allt(str(lnCnt2))+".backcolor")
>

Yes, all three examples would work.