>George,
>
>Nothing of the sort. I'm buffled that you don't understand difference between checking if objects are the same (loObj1 = lObj2) and checking if objects are alike (COMPOBJ(loObj1, lObj2)).

oLabel1 = CREATEOBJECT('Label')
>oLabel2 = CREATEOBJECT('Label')
>oLabel3 = oLabel1
>? oLabel1 = oLabel2 		&& .F. - they're two different objects
>? oLabel1 = oLabel3 		&& .T. - the same object
>? COMPOBJ(oLabel1, oLabel2) && .T. - Object's are alike but we cannot tell if it's the same object
>? COMPOBJ(oLabel1, oLabel3) && .T. - Object's are alike but we cannot tell if it's the same object
>
>oLabel1.Caption = "Two"
>? oLabel1 = oLabel3 		&& .T. - still
>? COMPOBJ(oLabel1, oLabel2) && .F. - Woops! They are different objects

Sergey,

Within a given method, you can make no assumptions (particularly within an _assign method) about what the object is like. Therefore, if I'm going to try to determine if there're alike, I'll stick with COMPOBJ()