Doing a objvar(fildvar) and objnum(filed) and SHOW GETS didn't work either.. I traced through my code with _CUROBJ in the debug window.. and when it hit the part of the code that says:
_CUROBJ = 1

it didn't change. the value of _CUROBJ stayed 36 even though FPW executed the line "_CUROBJ= 1" without error. I give up!