Thanks. o.quit is very handy ( killed Winword in processes before )

>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