>Thanks for the tip...I downloaded and have been using his utility. When I run it, it doesn't show any object references that are out of the ordinary. When I get the C5 - thats when I want to run the objref, but of course, its too late then.
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>If I do have a dangling object reference, will it always cause a C5? Or, is it the case that a dangling object reference will just SOMETIMES cause a C5?

Alan

If it's a dangling reference the end result is ALWAYS a C5, but before that you might find that VFP hangs around for a few seconds, or even minutes, before finally spitting out the C5 and bombing out.

Are you still having trouble with this BTW?