>Hi Bill,
>
>Foxpro keeps the variable type when you assign Null value to it.

myvar = Createobject("Line")
>? Type("myvar"), VarType(myvar)
>myvar = Null
>? Type("myvar"), VarType(myvar)
>

Hi Sergey,
Is there any reason I cannot assume that an object's Parent is an Object?

** Type('loObject.Name') = 'C'
DO WHILE TYPE('loObject.Parent')='O'
  loObject = loObject.PARENT
ENDDO

Should I change that to this?

DO WHILE TYPE('loObject.Parent.Name')='C'
  loObject = loObject.PARENT
ENDDO