Bill,

...	
        loObj = EVALUATE("thisform."+obj_name)
	WITH loObj
		.Top = (a*19)
		.Visible = .T.
		...
	ENDWITH	

>Hi All,
>
>I have a loop which adds objects to a form in the form's INIT event. Is there a way to reference the objects within the loop to adjust their properties (the loop round is part of the property value,) without using macros? The code below works, but, yuch!
>
>

>FOR a=1 TO mn_tot_periods
>	obj_name='period'+ALLTRIM(STR(a))
>	THISFORM.ADDOBJECT(obj_name,'day_act_shape')
>
>	clunky_macro1 = "thisform."+obj_name+".top"
>	&clunky_macro1 = (a*19)
>
>	clunky_macro2 = "thisform."+obj_name+".visible"
>	&clunky_macro2 = .T.
>ENDFOR
>

>
>Thanks!