I doubt this is part of your problem...but I notice below that you have something like this:

WITH THISFORM
WITH .pgf1.page4
ENDWITH
ENDWITH

....I'm not sure about this, but I don't think you can put With's inside With's like that....it might be causing some strange behavior???


>It's part of the container (named .o1 in the form)
>Weird!
>
>
>>Interesting.....
>>Where is the save() method located? Is it on thisform or is it somewhere else?
>>
>>>I changed my save method to this:
>>>
>>>

>>>        ....
>>>	x=_vfp.ActiveForm
>>>	x.oLINKSCT.DATA.UpdateFromCursor()   && THISFORM.oLINKSCT.DATA.UpdateFromCursor()
>>>        .....
>>>

>>>
>>>and this works, but WHY does the otherone not work??
>>>Peter
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>

>>>>...
>>>>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?