Kevin,

Use the Form, New Property menu item to create a custom form property. then you reference it everywhere like any other form property i.e. thisform.LastSelect

>I am using vfp3.
>Is there a simple way I can create a variable in the Load or Activate method of a form that other methods of that form can see but the scope of the variable is encapsulated within the form rather than the function?
>Actually what I want to achieve is select-ing a work area, then restoring that work area when the form is released.
>
>Activate: lastselect = select()
> select aliasforthisform
>Release: select(lastselect)
>
>I don't want a generically named global variable because I'm trying to avoid conflicts should other forms be open and doing the same thing.