Modal forms should normally work. But with a READ EVENTS - combined with private datasessions - you can open several forms at once, and have the user change among the forms. You can even open several instances (copies) of the same form. I don't think that is possible with modal forms.
>Naomi,
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>Thanks for that link. I now understand what people have been fussin' about all this time.
>I never, ever, created an application with anything but modal forms so I never ran into this before.
>I guess the contamination in my system affected the "modal logic" in some way.
>Anyhow I now understand what you and others have been trying to get me to understand for many moons.
>I will begin applying The READ and CLEAR events as advised.
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>Regards,
>Bob
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