>>>>using the project manager or 'modify form ...' gives me a dialog 'Syntax error', 'OK' or 'Help'. Click 'OK' : dialog disappears and that's it. Form doesn't show at all ...
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>>>Do you have = in front of form's Caption in properties sheet? Do you still have VFP5? If so, put a space before = and see, if it helps.
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>This doesn't seem to be the problem.
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>It seems that the problem occurs with all the forms that inherit from a base fromset I have in a class. But I can open the baseclass correctly.
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>Other forms that do no use this particlar basefromset open correctly ...
Pascal,
Check your formset thoroughly. New versions of VFP are less forgiving for typing mistakes, like missing quotes, this sort of things.
José