I may be weird but sometimes I really think like that when I'm writing code. It's like my little alter ego or whatever is running around in there doing what I tell it to do. I did have a little laugh as I was composing the problem and asking for help. It just fell out that way.

As far as AINSTANCE() I'll give it a try. But I think I've found a workaround by simply passing the name of the instance as the parameter of the CREATEOBJECT() function:

SET CLASSLIB TO bizObjsLib.vcx
oPrimeKeys = CREATEOBJECT('bizDataManager','oPrimeKeys')

A little kludgy but it'll work. This way it can set its own name to 'oPrimeKeys' then go ahead and do the registration routine with the other object.

Jim White