Hi James!
>How do you test to see if a object has already been added to a form.
>"if hsgrid1 does not exist already"
>.addobject('hsgrid1','grid')
>else
>"continue"
>Jim Harvey
Try this:

If Type([thisForm.hsGrid1]) = "U"  && If exist it return "O"
   thisForm.AddObject('hsgrid1','grid')
Endif

I hope this help you!