I still call this function from the Load method but decided that "tracking" where the call came from is not as important as to know which work station had the problem. Therefore it is not that important to know the name of the form where the call initiated.
Thank you.

>I can see your reason for calling the function in the load.
>But as Load runs before most of the form is there Tore's hint would have been mine as well.
>Further Hint: you can set a property in the load which then triggers the log in the init ;-)
>Sounds overly complicated, but makes sense in the way that in init you might decide to cancel the form if Load failed.
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>>This code in INIT would be "too late". But if you see my reply to myself you will see that I have changed my mind. I no longer care about the form name but rather the work stations name/ip that has this problem.
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>>>If I remember correctly, the form's name is not yet available with _screen.activeform.name. However, if you move this code to Init, I think it is.
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>>>>I created a function that checks for good SQL Server connection. I call this function from LOAD method of a form class. If the connection is bad, I would like to store in the "log" file which form had a problem.