>After some chat with you, now I also agree that TYPE([oControl.Name]) = "C" is enough. As I learned :
>- Scatter name oName wouldn't be treaded like a real object.
>- And with that exception Name property cannot be prevented to be seen.
>Cetin

I'm mostly curious, and totaly new to the Universal Thread, but wouldn't it be better to test TYPE didn't return an "O", like the following?

IF TYPE([oControl.Name]) != "O"
*the objet does not exist
*create it if you need it
ENDIF