>>I have put the code
>> IF WEXIST("frmBuchhilfe")
>> _Screen.frmBuchhilfe.Show()
>> ENDIF
>>in the form1 activate but get an error on the _screen line. frmBuchhilfe is the form.name of form3 which is really buchhilf.scx. It recognizes that the form exists but I don't have the correct syntax to show it apparantly.
>
>Note that if you run one form from another, you can refer to it directly without _screen
>
>do form form1
>
>which runs form2 from somewhere in its "domain"
>
>then from form1 you can just do: form2.hide, form2.show, etc...using the scx name.

Bruce,

Can't get this to work either. buchhilf.show - error object buchhilf not found.
This is run from form1.activate.

Sally