Sorry, Mike... try this one:

LOCAL loObject
loObject = CREATEOBJECT("Custom")
AddProperty(m.loObject,"icName")
m.loObject.icName = "Jim Nelson"

CREATE CURSOR c_SomeCursor (cField1 c(10))
INSERT INTO c_SomeCursor (cField1) VALUES ("Jim Nelson")
INSERT INTO c_SomeCursor (cField1) VALUES ("Mike Yearwood")

xx = m.loObject
SET FILTER TO cField1 = m.xx.icName
BROWSE

RELEASE m.loObject

CLEAR
DISPLAY MEMORY LIKE loObject
WAIT WINDOW "Hold down the shift key to see that the object is really gone."

*Do a record movement and it will crash.
GO TOP 
BROWSE

Is it still proper to you, considering that loObject has been released?

cheers

>>Yup, I'd say you've proved the point.
>>
>>However, see what you get when you try the following:
>>

LOCAL loObject
>>loObject = CREATEOBJECT("Custom")
>>AddProperty(m.loObject,"icName")
>>m.loObject.icName = "Jim Nelson"
>>
>>CREATE CURSOR c_SomeCursor (cField1 c(10))
>>INSERT INTO c_SomeCursor (cField1) VALUES ("Jim Nelson")
>>INSERT INTO c_SomeCursor (cField1) VALUES ("Mike Yearwood")
>>
>>xx = m.loObject.icName
>>SET FILTER TO cField1 = m.xx
>>BROWSE
>>
>>RELEASE m.loObject
>>
>>CLEAR
>>DISPLAY MEMORY LIKE loObject
>>WAIT WINDOW "Hold down the shift key to see that the object is really gone."
>>
>>*Do a record movement and it will crash.
>>GO TOP && BROWSE etc.
>>

>>
>>Now I personally do not believe that the behaviour of RELEASE in this case is proper, but it is the way it is.
>>
>
>What's improper? The value of the object's propery is copied to m.xx which is used in the filter. Did you expect m.xx to keep the object in existence?