>>Let me think about it for a while. BTW, you should consider creating a property on your form to handle passing in parameters instead of using the Tag property. I used the Tag property for a long time before I actually grasped forms were Object Oriented. It gives you a lot more flexibility.
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>I'm plenty aware that forms are Objects, and in VFP, I've created custom properties and methods all the time. At the risk of asking a silly question, where would one do so in the VB IDE? Believe me, I just searched - or is that something missing in the Express Edition?
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>David

Code to add to your form:

'Create the member to hold the object.  Type this to match the type you are passing in.
Private _Object As Object

'Create the property for the plumbing
Public Property MyObject AS Object
  Get
    Return _Object
  EndGet
  Set(ByVal value AS Object)
    _Object = value
  EndSet
End Property

Now when you instantiate your form class, it will have a property called MyObject. A cool trick, but it doesn't seem to be documented that well.