>Mark,
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>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:
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>o = NEWOBJECT('frmschentry', 'opmonitor')
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>At this point, 'o' is a public variable. Now, type in the second line, highlight both lines, and hit enter.
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>o = NEWOBJECT('frmschentry', 'opmonitor')
>o.Visible = .t.
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>It should have worked. Now, get rid of the public variable:
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>release o
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>Highlight the 2 program lines, and hit enter, this time it should not work.
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>HTH,
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>steve
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>>>Mark,
>>>
>>>Because when you run multilines from the Command window, VFP takes the lines and makes a temp PRG file and then runs that.
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>>Then why sometimes it works from Command line?
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>>Thanks, Mark

Yes, this is absolutely right. thanks

Mark