>Following on Larry's coattails,
>
>>>IF TYPE("ThisForm.ActiveControl.Name") = "C" will return .T. if ActiveControl is a valid object with a Name property. Do not use Vartype() for this as it is not robust enough for the checking and it will throw an error.
>
>The same can be done with variables.>>
>
>
>While
>TYPE("ThisForm.ActiveControl.Name") = "C"
>
>is functionally similar to
>TYPE("ThisForm.ActiveControl") = "O"
>
>testing agains the .Name property of an object is more robust than testing against the object itself. It sure looks weird though.
>
>Regards,
>Thom C.

One exclusion though - the object created with SCATTER NAME command does not have .Name property.