Important Notice

The pages on this site contain documentation for very old MS-DOS software, purely for historical purposes. If you're looking for up-to-date documentation, particularly for programming, you should not rely on the information found here, as it will be woefully out of date.

■ The form or control name specified is not a valid object
  name.
 
■ A valid object name has the following characteristics:
  • Must start with a letter
  • Can include alphanumeric or underscore (_) characters
  • Cannot be a reserved word
  • Cannot exceed 40 characters total; for example:
 
              formname + _ + longest eventname ≤ 40
 
■ Possible solution:
 
  • Change the object name so that it meets the above
    critera.
 
■ If you need additional help, move the cursor to a keyword
  and press F1 to open the Help window.