Found it. Seemed to be a problem in my framework that I have been using for about 4 years now.

Thanks for your help.

>After testing this example if becomes clear that the class code somehow prevents the destroy. If we were to do the following:
>

>o=newobj('form')
>o.show(1)  && Modal
>o = ''
>display memory like o
>

>
>It works as advertised. Can you please either post the class code or possibly email it to me for further analysis.
>
>Glenn
>
>
>>Hi All
>>
>>I am using vfp7 sp1. I have built a form class that will not release. Here is the code.
>>o=NEWOBJECT("afindregion","aforms")
>>o.show(1)
>>o=.null.
>>
>>I have done this many times and releasing o should release the form. In the when I had this problem I found an object stored as a property that would not let it release. This time I can’t seem to find any reason for it. Is there something wrong with what I am doing? If not, how do you find this type of problem?
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>PS I have several places that I am using this.newobject(... to create instantiate an object. Will creating an object this way release it self?