>just Retutn .F. >this will prevent the form from instantiating in the first place > >Arnon >> >>I have a screen that receives several parameters, and then runs some code. >Depending on what happens I may want to close the form >>automaticlly so the users doesn't have to. Problem is that when I call >ThisForm.Release() from the Init() event it doesn't close the form. I'm >assuming it's because the form's not completely loaded into memory during >the Init() event and therefore cannot be released. Any ideas on a >work-around for this? I'm not sure but you could try RETURN .F. Sonali