Jess as you stated LOCAL oObj AS ADODB.CONNECTION is only for intellisence
Try this
LOCAL oObj AS ADODB.CONNECTION
oObj = CREATEOBJECT("ADODB.CONNECTION")
oObj.OPEN("bbfsdsn","sa","")
oObj.CursorLocation = 2


>Craig,
>
>What am I missing here??
>
>In the INIT method of the form,
>

>LOCAL oObj AS ADODB.CONNECTION
>oObj.OPEN("bbfsdsn","sa","")
>oObj.CursorLocation = 2
>

>This one does not work at runtime although intellisense popups during development time and within init only. Meaning, oObj. has no more intellisense popup in other methods.
>

>oObj = CREATEOBJECT("ADODB.CONNECTION")
>oObj.OPEN("bbfsdsn","sa","")
>oObj.CursorLocation = 2
>

>This one works, but no intellisense available in any method.
>
>Please educate me.