>>>Using this technique you would not be able to close form1 without first closing form2.
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>>Somehow this never caused me problems. Wouldn't closing Form1 make the reference to Form2 go out of scope, thus closing it? (If using the LINKED keyword, at least - or creating the form from a class, with a CREATEOBJECT().)
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>I think the form now holds the reference to another form, so when you close it, it will be a dangling reference.
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>Check FAQ #7975
In any case I believe that, for many purposes, the parent form is a very convenient place to control the child form. If there are any of the problems you mention, then, on closing the parent form, the child form should usually be closed from the parent form. In the exceptional cases where you want to keep the child form open, the reference to the child form can be set to NULL.
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