>>>I'm building a new form manager.
>>>If I fire up a form multiple times, what is unique about each instance that gives me a "handle" to each one? The form.name isn't unique is it?
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>>Yes, that's why there is that NAME varname LINKED option when issuing DO FORM for handling purposes. If varname is out of scope the form releases.
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>Let's say I fire up a form from the timer event of a timer. I can't use NAME varname LINKED because varname will go out of scope straight away. I want to use an array in a form manager class to store the form reference along with other stuff - so how do I keep the form alive and keep a unique reference to it?


Try to declare PUBLIC VAR intended for FORM handling, say pvCurrentWindow, then assign a unique reference into it at ACTIVATE EVENT of the FORM.