i'll put that one in my notes as well - thanks tore.

k

>Actually I found this out recently myself, it's a really handy feature. And remember that juststem() can be used to find the name of teh editor window.

>lcFile='c:\yourpath\yoursubpath\yourfile.txt'
>lcWindow=juststem(lcFile)
>modi file (lcFile) nowait
>Release Windows (lcWindow)

>
>>thanks tore - that is a revelation!!! another mystery unveiled.
>>
>>k
>>
>>>Your editor window will normally be given the same name as the file you modify, minus the extension. So you can do "anything" with it.
>>>

>>>Move Window m To 10,10
>>>Release window m

>>>>I have created a text file - open the text file and offer menu asking what to do with the report.
>>>>after the user makes the selection i would like to close specifically the window that displays the text
>>>>i can do this by close all but that closes up the complete shop - is there a code i can use to simply close the text window
>>>>(I can create a tempwindow - activate a deactivate it and deal with it this way - but am curious about this specific text window control)
>>>>
>>>>thanks
>>>>k
>>>>

>>>>CLOSE ALTERNATE
>>>>modi file m.txt nowait
>>>>do whatdo &&& this is a menu asking what to do with report
>>>>*** close the text window???
>>>>