>Hi
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>I've been working on this form. Then I add the func'y to call a dialogue form. I misspelt the name and got an error, so cancelled out of that bit of code. But when I go to close the main form I keep getting the ever-useful error message:
>"file cannot be closed because outsatnding references exist". Help on this merely repeates the message oin a different way.
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>I can't close the form with its close button, Debugger's already washed its hands of it, File->Close has no effect and the only reaction is when I hit the modify form tool button. So I've only recourse to terminating VFP.
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>What's VFP on about?
>
>'ppreciate it
>
>Terry

Do you do something like

thisform.oFancyDialog = createobject(...)

This would prevent your form from releasing...

Try cancel form, clear all, close all in command window, if it's available.