Robert,

You should use thisform to generically refer to the form inside methods of the form.

You can not call Release() from Init(). In Init() return .f. if the form shouldn't instantiate.

>when I run this code:
>myform.release
>i get this error message:
>MYSORM is not an object
>Under help is says:
>This name was previously defined as something other than an object.
>You have another occurrence of name.
>Check your code for duplicate instances of name.
>--
>I have check. I do not have a dup name. can
>anybody think of anything else it could be?