>Garrett,
>I minimized the modality to the form level - that is one form can be modal
>as far as its parent form is concerned but the rest of the application can
>still function as usuall
>ah, sorry , I also have the login screen as a good old modal form
>
>Arnon
>
>
>>
>>>Let me preface this all, with "I hate modality" and it really irks me all
>the
>>>places VFP goes modal,
>>
>>I know the feeling, but bear with me for a moment. :-)
>>
>>My personal framework/mindset has most 'table maintenance' forms as modal.
>This allows forms which have combos that draw from these tables to have
>buttons next to the combos that launch these maintenance forms, allow you to
>edit/add/search, and then return to the combos and refresh them as per
>whatever was done in the maint forms.
>>
>>Would you consider this a bad thing?
>>
>>Should I change it so that the combo passes a reference to itself to the
>form, and the form refreshes the combo on its release, or does this lead to
>more problems when you try to release the original form and still have the
>reference open in the maint form?

** Side note: You can also RightClick to a dropdown menu, run your maintenence form 'modal' from the menu, then this.requery after the maintenence form releases. ;)

Eric K.