>>>>i am having trouble closing a form and am wondering if i'm doing something wrong.
>>>>i create and name the form - it is visible
>>>>oFrm.Show(2)
>>>>
>>>>then i do something here while the form is showing
>>>>after i complete the task with a read command
>>>>i want to close the form (after read)
>>>>oFrm.close()
>>>>
>>>>nadda - it still stays visible.
>>>>any suggestions?
>>>>
>>>>k
>>>
>>>Try
>>>
>>>oFrm.Release()
>>
>>a good idea naomi - but didn't work.
>>
>>k
>
>Put set step on in the form's Destroy method and trace what is happening when you call form's release() ?

i don't whether this is progress or not but i am now getting a message saying 'object oFrm is not found' when i try the oFrm.release()