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Thank you for your response AJ, I understand the principle of what you're demonstrating. So I changed my test program to something slightly more practical as follows (I created a github account to try and replicate your code presentation, but failed to find where I can actually write the code, but that's for another time!) : dim newPart as item dim test as new Foo 'newPart = Me.getInnovator.newResult(test.BlankPart) newPart = test.BlankPart End Sub Public Class Foo Function BlankPart() as item dim inv as innovator = me.GetInnovator dim itemToReturn as item = inv.newitem("Part", get) Return itemToReturn End Function End Class Function helper() as string Return "test" It errored when compiled though. (as another aside the error does not show what the issue, but triggers a pop up where it can't find a dll file whose names changes all the time, so apologies with being vague with the error response) By commenting out the lines to find out where it breaks, if I simply do this: dim newPart as item '--No problems end sub '--This causes a problem So there must be something not set or defined in the application...? or what have I missed?

Are there any thoughts on this? I have been able to do the equivalent in JavaScript client side, just not able to replicate it vb server side... Thanks