Bill,

Your button holds reference to the HyperLink object which in turn has reference to the button. Add in the button destroy

this.oHyperLink.oCreator = Null

to remove reference to the button.
Take a look at http://www.geocities.com/df_foxpro/qoop017.htm for detailed explanation.

>I'm using VFP 7.0
>
>I have a button in a container on a form.
>(I've abbreviated this code, but I think I have what's pertinent)
>

>button.method()
>  lo = NewObject('HyperLink')
>  lo.oCreator = this          << this is the line that causes the problem
>  this.oHyperLink = lo
>endproc
>

>After creating the object, Thisform.Release() is skipped - no error - no nothing. When I debug, the trace window points at the line but then skips to the next line.
>If I take out the line, then it works fine.
>
>I can't see that it's any different than the oHost property in SetObjRef.prg.
>In reality I'm adding the oCreator property inside a modified SetObjRef in the exact same manner as oHost is created.
>
>TIA