Yours: "the Init() for the contaner accepts the object and returns it as an object"?
Looks like you do not return it from the FORM.addobject method, right?



>I thought I could return a variable of whatever type, including an object reference
>
>
>>Addobject() is a method. It returns .t. by default, or any other value if you add there the code for return.
>>
>>>If I have a parameter object in a form, and pass it for the additon of a container object
>>>
>>>loParmeter.someproperty
>>>
>>>loParameter = .AddObject('container1', 'container', loParameter)
>>>
>>>? loParameter.someproperty
>>>
>>>I am told that loParameter is not an object
>>>
>>>the Init() for the contaner accepts the object and returns it as an object
>>>
>>>RETURN loParameter
>>>
>>>the debugger shows that it is an object
>>>
>>>what am I dong wrong?
>>>
>>>TIA
>>>
>>>Al