>>I think so - you shouldn't run a form from an init(), where not everything has completed yet. Activate is the the better place to do it, with a logical property, if needed, to tell if it should be run or not...
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>Bruce,
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>I tried putting the code, with a logical test in the activate after dodefault and before dodefault but only the outline of form1 appears before the form2 comes up. Strange, huh?

Try putting it in the form1 gotfocus instead, see how that works...