>>What variable, value or condition do I check to check the existence of "ThisForm.OtherForm"? I want to make sure the new form is closed before it is called again, because the form creates a cursor to populate the data, and the initial cursor would be destroyed thus causing a problem when returning to the first open instance. Is there a conditional statement to test before issuing ThisForm.OtherForm.Release() ?
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>You might also check if type("ThisForm.OtherForm") = "O". After instantiating the form, the type of the reference will be "O" (Object), but after destroying the form, it will be of type "U" (unknown).
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>On the other hand, cursors in one form should not interfere with cursors in another form. Each form, and especially each data-handling form, should use a private datasession (Form.DataSession = 2 - private).
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>In this case, I would still recommend only one child form per parent form, but only for organizational purposes.
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>>This could also be applied when closing the first form as well (if I follow your discussion with Naomi).
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>If you do have any problem (I am not quite sure of this), you could also set the property reference to NULL: ThisForm.OtherForm = NULL. If the form was created with the LINKED keyword, that should automatically close the other form.

Thanks for all the help.

dg