Hi Mark,

I was bitten by the same problem, as you. I got a habit to type cd ..\myProject modify myProject in command window, highlight them and execute. Then I was very surprised, what when I tried to do Search by Ctrl+F, my form immediatelly closed. I even re-installed VFP. Finally Steve explained the same thing to me, which he just explained to you... So, I now execute these commands line by line...

>>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,
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>>>>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
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>Yes, this is absolutely right. thanks
>
>Mark