>Tamar,
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>ShowWindow is 1 for form b, set at design time in my data_filters form class.
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>>>I am working with Top Level forms for the first time. The following code is called from a button on a form, form a where showwindow is 1 - in top level form. Also, I just realized now, as I was writing this, that "form a" is modal. If set step is on, upon executing newobject, the debugger goes to the first init of the first object and executes it, then returns, then executes the following lines of code, but form b never becomes visible. If I take out the set step on, everything executes just fine.
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> SET STEP ON
>>> thisform.l_filter_was_called=.t.
>>> *DO FORM forms\form-b TO x
>>> thisform.ofilterform=NEWOBJECT("data_filters","data_filters")
>>> thisform.ofilterform.filter_controls[1,1]="curdata"
>>> thisform.ofilterform.filter_controls[1,2]="curdataunfiltered"
>>> thisform.ofilterform.filter_controls[1,3]="accountnam"
>>>
>>> thisform.ofilterform.show(2)
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>>What is ShowWindow for form b (which I assume is the one you're storing in Thisform.oFilterForm? It also needs to be 1-in top-level form.
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>>Tamar

What happens if you pass 1 to Show instead of 2? Calling a modeless form from a modal form is pretty strange.

Tamar