Yes it'd work, provided the calling form is activeform.
Cetin

>Thanks Cetin and Craig -
>My understanding is slowly growing.
>btw - I found and Advisor tip from March 2002 that speaks to the subject of form references. It suggests the following line in a form's load or init event will grab a reference to the calling form without further fuss.
>
>if type('_screen.activeform') = 'O' and not isnull(_screen.ActiveForm)
> this.oParent = _screen.ActiveForm
>endif
>
>I tried it and it seems to work well.
>Thanks again.