Try

loObject = Null
Release loObject

The first line (loObject = Null) may be unnecessary, but XL does funny things sometime, so I've made myself get used to using both lines.

Alan

>HI
>In a program I create an instance of registered COM object, and assign a reference to the local variable.
>loObject = CREATEOBJECT(“Component.ComponentClass”)
>After the program is finished VFP still keep instance of the COM object in a memory. So next time I run my program it uses previously created object, instead of creating new one.
>What should be done to avoid this behavior?
>
>TIA