>>KK, try this minor change:
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>>lnForms = _SCREEN.FormCount
>>FOR lnCnt = lnForms TO 1 STEP -1
>> _screen.ActiveForm.Release()
>>ENDFOR
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>
>>This should release whatever form VFP says is active, rather than forcing the forms to go in a specific
>>order
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>I've tried, but it still doesn't work.
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>Only Form3 can be released normally.
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>Form2 and Form1 are not released inside the loop. Form2 is released after the loop and Form1 is not released finally. Why?
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>I think it is a bug, so I run the the following command if the active form is modal:
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>_SCREEN.Closable = .F.

KK,

I see now, this is not a bug. The modal form ahs code running and it cannot be released until the code finishes. You should release the modal form from within its own code.