Assigning o = null releases reference to the word object and the release o command releases variable o and indirectly releases reference to the word object.
It's recomended to explicitly release reference to an object by assigning null to the variable. See http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~ManualGarbageCollection~VFP on garbage collection in VFP .
To release world instance you have to use o.quit.

>Not sure. It raises the other question how to release an instance of Automation Server.
>o = CreateObject("Word.Application")
>o = null
>&& or
>release o
>
>doesn't help and WinWord still in processes on my NT box , which makes me think
>

Node.Data = Null

>won't help and I can't see any way to check it out.
>
>
>
>>I think the VFP equivalent would be

Node.Data = Null

>>
>>>I've got the following extract from the doc.
>>>
>>>Node.Data =
>>>
>>>Note: You should free memory owned by Data property on deleting Node, use for these purposes OnDeletion event handler and set Data to Nothing.
>>>
>>>in VB
>>>Node.Data = Nothing
>>>
>>>
>>>How can I free memory for that in VFP ?
>>>
>>>Thank you.
>>>Michael

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