Mark,

It will work if the object ('o' in this case) is already a public variable. Test it by doing the following steps in command window:

o = NEWOBJECT('frmschentry', 'opmonitor')

At this point, 'o' is a public variable. Now, type in the second line, highlight both lines, and hit enter.

o = NEWOBJECT('frmschentry', 'opmonitor')
o.Visible = .t.

It should have worked. Now, get rid of the public variable:

release o

Highlight the 2 program lines, and hit enter, this time it should not work.

HTH,

steve

>>Mark,
>>
>>Because when you run multilines from the Command window, VFP takes the lines and makes a temp PRG file and then runs that.
>
>Then why sometimes it works from Command line?
>
>Thanks, Mark