...
thisform.oLINKSCT=CREATEOBJECT("business","LINKS","curLINKSCT",.t.)
...

and that works in all other instances :-)
besides I see _vfp.activeform.oLINKSCT in the debugger

Peter


>>I add a container object to a page in a pageframe on a screen like this:
>>
>>

>>WITH THISFORM
>>	IF .UseInternal
>>		.pgf1.ACTIVEPAGE=4
>>		WITH .pgf1.page4
>>			IF pemstatus(THISFORM.pgf1.page4,"o1",5)
>>				THISFORM.pgf1.page4.REMOVEOBJECT("o1") 			
>>                        ENDIF
>>			.NEWOBJECT("o1","cntCarrierPage","modules\vCPR3b")<----------------------
>>
>>			.o1.VISIBLE=.T.
>>		ENDWITH
>>	ELSE
>>

>>
>>one of the objects in the container is a save button which invokes the containers save method:
>>

>>...
>>	THISFORM.oLINKSCT.DATA.UpdateFromCursor()
>>
>>....
>>
>>

>>
>>this code erros saying not contained in a form object.
>>I can't figure out why. THISFORM.oLINKSCT is an business object created in the load method of the form.
>>
>>what am I doing wrong???
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Peter
>
>
>What does your code look like in the load() method of the form where the object is being created?