>>Greg, thanks for the detailed code. One more question:
>>
>>When I determine that Form1 exists,
>> isnull( _SCREEN.MyRef[1] ) = .F.
>>how do I reference the form and execute the .Show method?
>
>You will use this syntax
>
>loForm = evaluate("_Screen.MyRef[1]")
>loForm.Show()
>
>if direct
>_screen.MyRef[1].Show() would not work.

I have code where the above "direct" reference does work...