>Sometimes VARTYPE fails with OCX . TYPE works reliably.
>
>Really? Is this documented? If so, where?
>
>I was just curious because I have never had a problem using VARTYPE() to check to see if a node is selected and I was wondering what I am missing < s >.

Marcia - in my direct experience with vartype and objects -
if an object was destroyed and still hanging around in memory -
a vartype(objectname) would return valid on occassion.

a type('objectname') always returned 'L' afterwards, during that type of test.

regards [Bill]