>>in your current code check
>>

>>FOR lnCount = _screen.FormCount TO 1 STEP - 1
>>      assert _screen.FormCount=m.lnCount
>>      loForm = _screen.Forms[lnCount]
>>...
>>
>>but to be more secure go
>>
>>Do while _screen.FormCount>0
>>     loForm = _screen.Forms[_screen.FormCount]
>>

>>
>>regards
>>
>>thomas
>>
>>with a couple of exit branches
>
>Thanks a lot, I solved it with do while (George Tasker's idea) with a correction by Cetin Basoz. See my other thread on the topic (as usual, I can not keep just one thread when I have a problem :))

the linked forms idea hit pay dirt, I see <g>.

regards

thomas